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1 Button Yarn
A fancy effect yarn much used in America, in which a button or knot is formed by twisting one thread around another at regular intervals. A third or tie thread fixes the button effects. The thread forming the buttons is a hard twist two-fold yarn. A large variety of buttons are made, small, large, long and short. -
2 corto
shorttagliar corto cut it shortessere a corto di quattrini be short of money* * *corto agg.1 ( di poca lunghezza) short: questa è la strada più corta per la stazione, this is the shortest way to the station; in estate metto i pantaloni corti, I wear shorts in summer; preferisco le camicette a maniche corte, I prefer shirts with short sleeves (o short-sleeved shirts); questa gonna è un po' corta, this skirt is a bit short; la tua giacca è corta di maniche, your coat is short in the arms; corto di gambe, short-legged; capelli ( tagliati) corti, short hair // (sport) palla corta, short ball // alle corte!, let's come to the point!; venire alle corte, to finish quickly // per farla corta, in short (o to cut a long story short) // le bugie hanno le gambe corte, (scherz.) the truth will out2 ( breve) brief, short: una visita corta, a brief (o short) visit // una settimana corta, a short week3 ( scarso) short, deficient, limited, dull: essere corto di vista, to be shortsighted; corto di mente, di ingegno, dull-witted; avere la memoria corta, to have a short memory // essere a corto di qlco., to be short of sthg.: essere a corto di soldi, to be short of money (o to be hard up) // tenere qlcu. a corto di qlco., to keep s.o. short of sthg.: bisogna tenerlo a corto di caramelle, we have to ration his sweets◆ avv. short: per tagliare corto, in short; e per tagliar corto le diedi ragione, and to close the argument I agreed with her.corto s.m.* * *['korto] corto (-a)1. agg(tutti i sensi) shortessere o rimanere a corto di qc — to be short of sth
2. avvPAROLA CHIAVE: corto non si traduce mai con curt3. smCine short* * *['korto] 1.1) (non lungo) [gonna, capelli, maniche] short2) (breve) [periodo, riunione] short, briefsettimana -a — amm. five-day week
3) (scarso)avere la memoria -a — to have a short o poor memory
essere corto di cervello — to be short of brains, to be a button short colloq.
a corto di — short of, hard up for [ denaro]; short on, pressed o pushed for [idee, argomenti]
2.a corto di personale — short-staffed, understaffed, short-handed
••tagliare corto — to cut short, to make it short and sweet
* * *corto/'korto/3 (scarso) avere la memoria -a to have a short o poor memory; essere corto di cervello to be short of brains, to be a button short colloq.; a corto di short of, hard up for [ denaro]; short on, pressed o pushed for [idee, argomenti]; a corto di personale short-staffed, understaffed, short-handedcolloq. (cortocircuito) short (circuit)tagliare corto to cut short, to make it short and sweet; falla -a! get to the point! per farla -a in short. -
3 egy kerékkel kevesebb van neki
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4 a nu fi în toate minţile
to be a button shortto have lost a buttonnot to have one's button onRomână-Engleză dicționar expresii > a nu fi în toate minţile
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5 a-i lipsi o doagă
to have a screw / a tile / a slate loose / offto be wrong in the upper storyto be a / one button shortto be off one's base / chump / rockerto have a crackto have bats in one's / in belfry / rats in the atticto want two pence in the shillingto be not (quite) all thereto be a bit madto have taken leave of / to be out of one's sensesto have lost a buttonnot to have one's button onsl. to have got apartments to letsl. amer. to have a cylinder missing. -
6 винтиков не хватает
винтиков (клёпок, заклёпок) не хватает (недостаёт) < в голове> ( у кого), тж. винтика (клёпки, заклёпки) не хватает (недостаёт) < в голове> ( у кого)прост., ирон.smb. has a screw loose < somewhere>; cf. smb. is not all there; smb. has a tile loose; smb. has got apartments to let; smb. has bats in smb.'s belfry; smb. is a bit off < one's head>; smb. is off smb.'s base; smb. is a button short; smb. has lost a button; smb. doesn't get (have) smb.'s button on; smb. has a cylinder missingВолодя не раз говорил родителям, что Сабуров очень талантлив, пожалуй талантливей всех, но у него не хватает винтика в голове, человек не хочет понять, что теперь требуется, толку из него не выйдет. (И. Эренбург, Оттепель) — Volodya often told his parents that Saburov was talented - perhaps more talented than the rest of them - but that he had a screw loose: 'Simply hasn't an idea of what is wanted at the present time. He'll never get anywhere.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > винтиков не хватает
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7 essere corto di cervello
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8 он не совсем нормален
General subject: he has not all his buttons, he is a button short, he is a little wantingУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > он не совсем нормален
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9 половой член малых размеров
Taboo: button-short (Said of a small penis, one of junior size.)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > половой член малых размеров
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10 у него винтика не хватает
1) General subject: he has a cylinder missing, he has a screw loose, he is a button short, he is not all there, he's balmy2) Colloquial: he has not all his buttons3) Makarov: he is a little wanting, he is touched in the headУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > у него винтика не хватает
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11 умственно отсталый
1) General subject: defective, mentally challenged (См. также другие сочетания со словом "challenged"), subnormal, weak in the head2) Medicine: dull in intellect, hypophrenic, mentally defective, retarded, weak, mentally deprived3) Rare: silly4) Australian slang: not the full quid5) Psychology: mental defective, slow6) Jargon: looney, loony, retard, sped, button short7) Business: mentally deficient, mentally handicapped, mentally retardedУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > умственно отсталый
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12 человек с отклонениями (моральными)
Jargon: button shortУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > человек с отклонениями (моральными)
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13 a-i sări o doagă
to be queer in one's atticto have a tile looseto be one button short. -
14 ser duro de entendederas
• be a button shortDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > ser duro de entendederas
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15 мешком ударенный
< как пыльным> мешком ударенный (прибитый), тж. как из-за угла мешком ударенный (прибитый)груб.-прост., пренебр.cf. touched in the head (upper storey); not < quite> all there; a button short; out to lunch; off one's nut (base, chump, rocker)- Я... просто, должно быть, глуп и из-за угла мешком прибит. (А. Чехов, Пустой случай) — I'm... simply stupid, touched in the head, as the phrase is.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > мешком ударенный
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16 HNEPPA
* * *(-ta, tr), v.1) to curtail;hneppt em ek at brœðrum, I am bereft of brothers;2) to thrust, force (Hrólfr hneppti hann undir sik, ok setti kné fyrir brjóst honum);hneppa fólk í þrælkan, to keep a people bound in thraldom.* * *1.t, [Engl. to nip, knap], to cut short, curtail; vilja heldr hneppa við sik þann eina búninginn, to curtail oneself in dress, Hom. (St.): also, hneppa e-n undir sik, to keep one under, a wrestler’s term, Fas. iii. 353; h. í þrældóm, to keep bound in thraldom, Sks. 465:—slóðu upp og hnepptu hann út af borginni, thrust him head-foremost out, Luke iv. 29: metric. a monosyllabic end syllable is called hneppt, Edda (Ht.): part. hnepptr, crippled.2.t, different from the last word, to button; see kneppa. -
17 fotymsoch
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18 fotymsom
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19 fotymson
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20 botymsoch
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