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1 spoon
[spu:n] 1. noun1) (an instrument shaped like a shallow bowl with a handle for lifting food (especially soup or pudding) to the mouth, or for stirring tea, coffee etc: a teaspoon/soup-spoon.) žlica2) (a spoonful.) polna žlica2. verb(to lift or scoop up with a spoon: She spooned food into the baby's mouth.) zajemati z žlico- spoonful- spoon-feed* * *I [spu:n]nounžlica; predmet žličaste oblike (npr. veslo); vrsta palice za golf; (= spoon bait) blestivka; colloquially bedak, tepec; American slang zaljubljenecegg-and-spoon race — tekma v teku, pri kateri udeleženci nosijo jajce v žliciwooden spoon history lesena žlica, ki so jo (v Cambridgeu) dajali najslabšemu na izpitu iz matematiketo be spoons on s.o. American biti zateleban v koga, noreti za komto be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth figuratively roditi se kot bogatašhe must have a long spoon that sups with the devil — nevarno je z vragom buče saditi, z bikom se ni bostiII [spu:n]transitive verbzaje(ma)ti z žlico (navadno out, up); žličasto izdolbsti; intransitive verb loviti ribe z blestivko; slang biti zateleban (zaljubljen) -
2 sup
I [sʌp]intransitive verb & transitive verbvečerjati; pogostiti (koga) z večerjo, dati (komu) večerjoto sup with Pluto figuratively umretiII1.nounzalogaj, polna usta; požirek, srkljajneither bite ( —ali bit) nor sup — ne jedače ne pijače;2.transitive verb & intransitive verb (tudi sup off, sup out) zaužiti nekaj hrane in pijače; pogoltniti, požirati, srebati, srkati; prigrizniti; figuratively (temeljito) okusiti, doživetito sup sorrow — imeti skrbi, obžalovati, kesati se
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he who sups with the devil should have a long spoon — A proverb advocating caution when dealing with dangerous or malevolent persons. c 1390 CHAUCER Squire’s Tale 1. 602 Therfore bihoueth hire a ful long spoon That shal ete with a feend. 1545 R. TAVERNER tr. Erasmus’ Adages (ed. 2) 9v He had nede to … Proverbs new dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary