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1 harebrained hare·brained
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2 hare
I [heə(r)]nome lepre f.••II [heə(r)]verbo intransitivo correre come una lepre- hare off* * *[heə](an animal with long ears, like a rabbit but slightly larger.) lepre* * *hare /hɛə(r)/● hare and hounds, caccia alla lepre ( gioco di ragazzi) □ hare-brained ► harebrained □ hare coursing, caccia alla lepre ( con i cani) □ (bot.) hare's foot ( Trifolium arvense), trifoglio dei campi; zampino di lepre □ (bot.) hare's tail ( Lagurus ovatus), coda di lepre □ as mad as a March hare, matto da legare □ (fig., antiq.) to start a hare, tirare in ballo un argomento □ (fig.) to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, tenere il piede in due staffe; fare il doppio gioco.(to) hare /hɛə(r)/v. i.(fam. GB) correre a più non posso; precipitarsi; galoppare (fig.)* * *I [heə(r)]nome lepre f.••II [heə(r)]verbo intransitivo correre come una lepre- hare off
См. также в других словарях:
hare-brained — adj a hare brained plan or idea is very silly or unlikely to succeed ▪ his latest hare brained scheme … Dictionary of contemporary English
hare-brained — also harebrained, 1550s, from hare brain giddy or reckless person (1540s), probably from HARE (Cf. hare), on notion of flighty, skittish … Etymology dictionary
hare-brained — meaning ‘rash, wild’, is spelt hare , not hair … Modern English usage
hare-brained — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ rash; ill judged … English terms dictionary
hare|brained — «HAIR BRAYND», adjective. giddy, heedless, or reckless: »a harebrained scheme … Useful english dictionary
hare-brained — also harebrained ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) You use hare brained to describe a scheme or theory which you consider to be very foolish and which you think is unlikely to be successful or true. This isn t the first hare brained scheme he s … English dictionary
hare-brained — adjective 1) a hare brained scheme Syn: ill judged, rash, foolish, foolhardy, reckless, madcap, wild, silly, stupid, ridiculous, absurd, idiotic, asinine, imprudent, impracticable, unworkable, unrealistic … Thesaurus of popular words
hare-brained — adjective thoughtless or inconsiderate And so, putting her back on the shelf, I turned to the other great lady, The Duchess whom Lamb loved, hare brained, fantastical Margaret of Newcastle, her elder, but her contemporary … Wiktionary
hare-brained — adj. Hare brained is used with these nouns: ↑scheme … Collocations dictionary
hare-brained — adj Stupid or foolish. Whose hare brained idea was it to spike granny s lemonade? 1560s … Historical dictionary of American slang
hare-brained — UK [ˈheə(r)ˌbreɪnd] / US [ˈherˌbreɪnd] adjective silly, or very unlikely to succeed I ve had enough of your hare brained schemes! … English dictionary