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1 devil
s 1. đavo, vrag, sotona; zloduh 2. porok 3. [cul] jako začinjeno jelo od mesa 4. stroj za rasčešljavanje (vune i dr.) 5. [fam] borbenost, energija / The Devil = sotona; poor # = jadnik, siromah, siromah čovjek; printer's # = štamparski naučnik ili kurir; the # of greed = porok pohlepe; a # of a fellow = vraški momak; this is the # = to je velika poteškoća, neprilika; like the # = žustro, kao sam đavo, kao divlji; to go to the # otići do đavola, propasti; [interj] the # = do vraga, vraga; # a one = što još ne bi, upravo, taman, da ne bi; the # & all = zlo i naopako, prokleta situacija; between the #and the deep sea = između dvije vatre, između Scile i Haribde # on two sticks = dječja igračka diabolo; #'s bedpost = trefova četvorka; # 's bones = kocke (za kockanje); #'s books = (igraće) karte; # take the hindmost = najnesposobnijeg (najsporijeg itd.) neka vrag nosi; to give the # his due = dati, priznati čak i neprijatelju što ga ide; the devil to pay = bit će vraga; talk of the # & he will appear = ne maljaj vraga na zid; the # among the tailors = graja, strka, svađa; vrsta vatrometa; #'s dust = tkanina od otpadaka (vune i dr.); he is a # to work = on je sila na poslu; that is the # of it = u tom grmu leži zec; [fam] to play the # with = poremetiti (pokvariti) što; to beath the #'s tattoo = bubnjati prstima* * *
demon
dođavola
dovraga
Ä‘avao
Ä‘avo
sotona
vrag
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