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1 higgledy-piggledy
нареч.общ. во все стороны, нестройными рядами, толпой, каждый сам по себе, хаотичноФранцузско-русский универсальный словарь > higgledy-piggledy
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2 pêle-mêle
pêle-mêle [pεlmεl]adverb* * *pɛlmɛl
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adverbe [entasser] higgledy-piggledy
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* * *pɛlmɛl adv* * *A adv [entasser] higgledy-piggledy.B nm inv1 ( désordre) jumble;2 ( cadre) photo frame (for several photos).[pɛlmɛl] adverbeles draps et les couvertures étaient pêle-mêle sur le lit sheets and covers were all jumbled up ou in a heap on the bedles spectateurs se sont engouffrés pêle-mêle dans la salle the spectators piled pell-mell into the room————————[pɛlmɛl] nom masculin invariable[cadre pour photos] multiple (photo) frame -
3 vrac
vrac [vʀak]• en vracadjectival phrase, adverbial phrase[choses] loose ; ( = en désordre) in a jumble• « vin en vrac » "bulk wine"• il a cité en vrac Hugo, Balzac et Baudelaire he quoted Hugo, Balzac and Baudelaire at random* * *en vrac ɑ̃vʀak locution adverbiale2) ( pêle-mêle)* * *vʀak nmen vrac (= désordre) — higgledy-piggledy, COMMERCE (marchandises, produits) loose
* * *2 ( pêle-mêle) [empilé] higgledy piggledy○; tout mettre en vrac dans un tiroir to throw everything haphazardly into a drawer; jeter ses idées en vrac sur le papier to jot down one's ideas as they come.[vrak] nom masculin1. [mode de distribution] bulk2. [marchandise] material transported in bulk————————en vrac locution adjectivale & locution adverbiale1. [non rangé] in a jumble2. [non emballé] loose[en gros] in bulk -
4 salade
n. f.1. 'Mix-up', confusion. Quelle salade! It's a proper shambles! (also: salade russe).2. En salade: In a 'higgledy-piggledy' way, in a disorderly manner. Il nous a présenté ses arguments en salade: The case he put to us was a jumble of facts and angles.3. (also pl.): 'Bullshit', 'baloney', nonsense. J'en ai marre de toute cette salade! I'm sick to the back teeth of all this tommyrot! Je ne crois pas à toutes ses salades! I don't believe all the bilge he's spouting!4. (pl.): 'Nasty tittle-tattle', evil gossip (the inference being that it is 'a pack of lies'). Il est toujours à balancer des salades sur ses meilleurs 'copains': He's always doing the dirty on his so-called pals.a To 'stir it', to create trouble (usually by passing on malicious gossip).b To put up a barrage of excuses (in order to avoid chores, etc.).6. Passer une salade à quelqu'un: To give someone 'a real wigging', a good telling-off.7. Bonnir sa salade à quelqu'un: To 'give someone the full spiel', to spin someone a right old yarn. (The assumption is that the recipient falls for it hook, line and sinker.)8. Vendre sa salade: To 'know one's onions', to know one's trade or business inside-out.9. Savoir vendre sa salade: To have the gift of the gab (literally to be able to sell sand to the Arabs).10. Avoir une salade au cul: To have something unpleasant lurking m one's past. (This is not so much a case of skeletons in the cupboard as the Damoclean consequences to recent misdemeanours.)
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higgledy-piggledy — confusedly, hurriedly, 1590s, a vocal gesture [OED] probably formed from PIG (Cf. pig) and the animal s suggestions of mess and disorder. Reduplications in the h /p pattern are common (e.g. hanky panky, hocus pocus, hinch(y) pinch(y), an obsolete … Etymology dictionary
Higgledy-piggledy — Hig gle*dy pig gle*dy, adv. In confusion; topsy turvy. [Colloq.] Johnson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
higgledy-piggledy — ► ADVERB & ADJECTIVE ▪ in confusion or disorder. ORIGIN probably with reference to the irregular herding together of pigs … English terms dictionary
higgledy-piggledy — [hig′əl dē΄ pig′əl dē΄] adv. [redupl., prob. from PIG] in disorder; in jumbled confusion adj. disorderly; jumbled; confused … English World dictionary
higgledy-piggledy — [[t]hɪ̱g(ə)ldi pɪ̱g(ə)ldi[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you say that things are higgledy piggledy, you mean that they are very disorganized and untidy. [INFORMAL] Books are often stacked in higgledy piggledy piles on the floor. Syn: jumbled, untidy ADV… … English dictionary
higgledy-piggledy — adverb Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1598 in a confused, disordered, or random manner < tiny hovels piled higgledy piggledy against each other Edward Behr > • higgledy piggledy adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
higgledy-piggledy — 1. adjective ˈhɪɡəldiˌpɪɡəldi/ In utter disorder or confusion; mixed up. I cant find your memo since my desk is all higgledy piggledy. Syn: disordered, disorderly, hugger mugger, jumbled … Wiktionary
higgledy-piggledy — hig|gle|dy pig|gle|dy [ˌhıgəldi ˈpıgəldi] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from pig; because pigs gather closely together in groups] things that are higgledy piggledy are mixed together in an untidy way >higgledy piggledy adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
higgledy-piggledy — adjective things that are higgledy piggledy are mixed together in an untidy way higgledy piggledy adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
higgledy-piggledy — /hig euhl dee pig euhl dee/, adv. 1. in a jumbled, confused, or disorderly manner; helter skelter. adj. 2. confused; jumbled. [1590 1600; rhyming compound of uncert. orig.] * * * … Universalium
higgledy piggledy — Synonyms and related words: all over, all over hell, anarchic, arsy varsy, ass backwards, balled up, bollixed up, capriciously, chaotic, chaotically, confused, erratically, every which way, fouled up, galley west, harum scarum, helter skelter,… … Moby Thesaurus