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1 greenhorn
1 ( gullible person) benêt ○ m ; -
2 patsy
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3 pushover
pushover ['pʊʃ‚əʊvə(r)]∎ the exam was a pushover l'examen était un jeu d'enfant;∎ the match will be a pushover le match, c'est du tout cuit ou ça va être du gâteau;∎ that team are no pushover cette équipe n'est pas du genre à se laisser battre∎ he's no pushover il ne se laisse pas avoir facilement;∎ when it comes to flattery, I'm a complete pushover la flatterie marche à tous les coups avec moi►► pushover try (in rugby) essai m collectif (par les avants) -
4 sap
1 noun∎ the sap is rising la sève monte;∎ figurative to feel the sap rising être tout ragaillardi∎ the fever has sapped (him of) his strength la fièvre l'a miné
См. также в других словарях:
gullible person — person who is easily deceived … English contemporary dictionary
gullible — gul|li|ble [ gʌləbl ] adjective a gullible person is easy to trick because they trust and believe people too easily: gullible tourists ─ opposite CYNICAL … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
gullible — [19] Gullible is a derivative of the now archaic gull ‘dupe’, itself a verbal use of the noun gull ‘gullible person, simpleton’. This appears to have been a figurative extension of an earlier gull ‘newly hatched bird’ [14], which survived… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
gullible — UK [ˈɡʌləb(ə)l] / US adjective a gullible person is easy to trick because they trust and believe people too easily gullible tourists … English dictionary
gullible — [19] Gullible is a derivative of the now archaic gull ‘dupe’, itself a verbal use of the noun gull ‘gullible person, simpleton’. This appears to have been a figurative extension of an earlier gull ‘newly hatched bird’ [14], which survived… … Word origins
gullible — [ˈgʌləb(ə)l] adj a gullible person is easy to trick because they always trust people Ant: cynical … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
gullible — adjective he was a swindler who preyed on gullible elderly widows Syn: credulous, naive, overtrusting, overtrustful, easily deceived, easily taken in, exploitable, dupable, impressionable, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, ingenuous, innocent,… … Thesaurus of popular words
sucker — Gullible person … A concise dictionary of English slang
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