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m (pl -ghi) needle* * *ago s.m.1 needle: ago da calza, knitting needle; ago da rammendo, darning needle; ago torto, crochet hook; cruna dell'ago, eye of the needle; lavoro ad ago, needlework; infilar l'ago, to thread a needle // cercare un ago in un pagliaio, to look for a needle in a haystack2 ( di bilancia) pointer, tongue, index3 (mecc.) needle; ( di stampante a punti) pin; (ferr.) ago dello scambio, switch point (o tongue); ago d'inclinazione magnetica, dipping needle; ago magnetico, magnetic needle4 (bot.) needle5 ( pungiglione, di vespa ecc.) sting.* * *ago dello scambio — ferr. points pl.
••* * *agopl. aghi /'ago, 'agi/sostantivo m.needle; infilare l'ago to thread the needle\essere l'ago della bilancia to hold the balance of power; è come cercare un ago in un pagliaio it is like looking for a needle in a haystack\ -
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['aɡo] ago (aghi)(gen) needle, (della bilancia) pointer -
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sm ['aɡo] ago (aghi)(gen) needle, (della bilancia) pointer -
4 è come cercare un ago in un pagliaio
Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > è come cercare un ago in un pagliaio
См. также в других словарях:
be like looking for a needle in a haystack — to be difficult or impossible to find. I don t know how you find anything in your desk, Polly. It s like looking for a needle in a haystack … New idioms dictionary
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like looking for a needle in a haystack — See: NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK … Dictionary of American idioms
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needle in a haystack — something which is nearly impossible to do or find (part of the adage: it s like looking for a needle in a haystack ) … English contemporary dictionary
needle in a haystack — If trying to find something is like looking for a needle in a haystack, it means that it is very difficult, if not impossible to find among everything around it. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
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