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(to scold.) dar uma ensaboadelaEnglish-Portuguese dictionary > haul (someone) over the coals
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3 haul (someone) over the coals
(to scold.) dar uma ensaboadelaEnglish-Portuguese dictionary > haul (someone) over the coals
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4 haul (someone) over the coals
(to scold.) bronquearEnglish-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > haul (someone) over the coals
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5 haul (someone) over the coals
(to scold.) bronquearEnglish-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > haul (someone) over the coals
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[ho:l] 1. verb1) (to pull with great effort or difficulty: Horses are used to haul barges along canals.) puxar2) (to carry by some form of transport: Coal is hauled by road and rail.) transportar2. noun1) (a strong pull: He gave the rope a haul.) puxão2) (the amount of anything, especially fish, that is got at one time: The fishermen had a good haul; The thieves got away from the jeweller's with a good haul.) colheita•- haulage- haulier
- a long haul* * *[hɔ:l] n 1 ação de puxar, arrastamento. 2 distância ou quantidade puxada. 3 quantidade apanhada de uma só vez, bolada. 4 lanço de rede, redada. • vt+vi 1 puxar, arrastar. 2 extrair (carvão). 3 Naut rebocar, mudar de curso, de direção. to haul ashore puxar à terra. to haul down arriar (bandeira). to haul over the coals repreender. to haul round virar (vento). to haul tight mudar de curso. to haul upon the wind Naut virar a proa para o vento. -
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[kəul](a black mineral burned for fuel, heat etc.) carvão- coalmine
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- haul over the coals* * *[koul] n 1 hulha, carvão. 2 pedaço de carvão. 3 carvão vegetal. 4 brasa, tição. • vt+vi 1 abastecer, suprir com carvão. 2 receber carvão, fazer provisão de carvão. 3 carbonizar, reduzir a carvão. bed of coal jazida de carvão. brown coal lignita, linhita. hard coal antracito. he blew the coals 1 ele abanou a brasa. 2 fig ele deitou lenha no fogo, reacendeu os ódios. he was called (hauled) over the coals ele foi repreendido, Brit coll ele levou um pito. rich coal carvão de pedra gordo, hulha gorda. small coal carvão miúdo. to stir the coals fig atiçar o fogo. we laid in coals abastecemo-nos de carvão. you are carrying coals to Newcastle fig você está deitando água no mar, está perdendo tempo. -
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[kəul](a black mineral burned for fuel, heat etc.) carvão mineral- coalmine - haul someone over the coals - haul over the coals
См. также в других словарях:
haul over the coals — see under ↑coal • • • Main Entry: ↑haul * * * haul over the coals see ↑coal • • • Main Entry: ↑haul … Useful english dictionary
haul over the coals — Ⅰ. ► haul over the coals reprimand severely. Main Entry: ↑coal Ⅱ. ► haul over the coals see COAL(Cf. ↑coaly). Main Entry: ↑haul … English terms dictionary
haul\ over\ the\ coals — • haul over the coals • rake over the coals v. phr. To criticize sharply; rebuke; scold. The sergeant raked the soldier over the coals for being late for roll call. Syn.: dress down … Словарь американских идиом
haul over the coals — drag/haul (someone) over the coals to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong. If I make a spelling mistake, I get hauled over the coals by my boss. They dragged her over the coals for being late with her assignment.… … New idioms dictionary
haul over the coals — or[rake over the coals] {v. phr.} To criticize sharply; rebuke; scold. * /The sergeant raked the soldier over the coals for being late for roll call./ Syn.: DRESS DOWN … Dictionary of American idioms
haul over the coals — or[rake over the coals] {v. phr.} To criticize sharply; rebuke; scold. * /The sergeant raked the soldier over the coals for being late for roll call./ Syn.: DRESS DOWN … Dictionary of American idioms
To haul over the coals — Haul Haul (h[add]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hauled} (h[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hauling}.] [OE. halen, halien, F. haler, of German or Scand. origin; akin to AS. geholian to acquire, get, D. halen to fetch, pull, draw, OHG. hol[=o]n, hal[=o]n, G.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To haul over the coals — Coal Coal (k[=o]l), n. [AS. col; akin to D. kool, OHG. chol, cholo, G. kohle, Icel. kol, pl., Sw. kol, Dan. kul; cf. Skr. jval to burn. Cf. {Kiln}, {Collier}.] 1. A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rake or haul over the coals — idi rake or haul over the coals, to reprimand severely … From formal English to slang
over the coals — See: HAUL OVER THE COALS or RAKE OVER THE COALS … Dictionary of American idioms
over the coals — See: HAUL OVER THE COALS or RAKE OVER THE COALS … Dictionary of American idioms