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1 притворно-скромный
General subject: nice nelly, nice-nellyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > притворно-скромный
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2 скромница
1) General subject: nice Nelly, prude2) Colloquial: (притворная) nice Nelly3) Graphic expression: drabbie -
3 чопорный
1) General subject: angular, as stiff as a poker, buckram, ceremonious, chilly, demure, donnish, nice nelly, nice-nelly, niminy piminy, niminy-piminy, old maidish, pokerish, prim, prim and proper, prissy, smug, square toed, square-toed, starched, starchy, stiff, stiff as a poker, stiff as a ramrod, stiff necked, stiff-necked, whalebone, stand-offish, punctilious, stuffy2) Colloquial: offish3) American: priss4) Deprecatingly: uptight5) Jargon: up tight6) Makarov: old-maidish, stilted7) Phraseological unit: cat that ate the canary -
4 эвфемистический
1) General subject: antiseptic, nice nelly, nice-nelly2) Stylistics: euphemious, euphemistic, euphemistical -
5 (притворная) скромница
Colloquial: nice NellyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > (притворная) скромница
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6 деликатные выражения
Jargon: nice-nelly expressionsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > деликатные выражения
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7 жеманница
General subject: nice Nelly, prude -
8 жеманный
1) General subject: affected, ceremonious, chi-chi, chichi, coy, cutesy, finical, finicking, finicky, genteel, la di da, lackadaisical, miminy piminy, miminy-piminy, mincing, minikin, missish, namby pamby, namby-pamby, nice-nelly, niminy piminy, niminy-piminy, old maidish, prim, prim and proper, prissy, prudish, pudibund2) Colloquial: la-di-da4) Jargon: cutesie5) Makarov: old-maidish6) Taboo: nevershit -
9 притворщица
Jargon: nice Nelly -
10 скромник
м. разг.modest ['mɒ-] person; nice nelly -
11 скромница
ж. разг.modest ['mɒ-] person; nice nelly
См. также в других словарях:
nice\ Nelly — • nice Nellie • nice Nelly I. noun informal Someone who acts too good to be true; a prude; a prig. We took him for a nice Nelly when he wouldn t fight. II. adj informal too careful not to say or do anything wrong or improper; too proper; prudish … Словарь американских идиом
nice Nelly — ☆ nice Nelly n. a prudish or affectedly modest person, who uses euphemisms: also sp. nice Nellie nice Nelly adj … English World dictionary
nice nelly — noun or nice nellie ˈ ̷ ̷ˈnelē Usage: usually capitalized 2d N Etymology: probably from nice (I) + Nelly, Nellie, the name 1. : prude I m no nice Nelly Ethel Merman … Useful english dictionary
nice-nelly — adjective or nice nellie ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ Usage: often capitalized 2d N Etymology: nice Nelly or nice Nellie : overly delicate : prudish, euphemistic … Useful english dictionary
nice-nelly — /nuys nel ee/, adj. 1. characterized by prudishness or excessive modesty: The entrance of his nice nelly friend stopped the flow of risqué stories. 2. being a euphemism; euphemistic: nice nelly expressions. Also, nice Nelly. [1920 25, Amer.] * *… … Universalium
nice nelly — /nel ee/ 1. a person who professes or exhibits excessive modesty, prudishness, or the like: too much of a nice nelly to have any fun. 2. nice nellyism (def. 2). Also, nice Nelly. * * * … Universalium
nice-nelly — adjective Usage: often capitalized 2d N Etymology: from the name Nelly Date: 1925 1. marked by euphemism 2. prudish • nice nelly noun, often capitalized 2d N • nice nellyism noun, often capitalized 2d N … New Collegiate Dictionary
nice Nelly(1) — or[nice Nellie] {n.}, {informal} Someone who acts too good to be true; a prude; a prig. * /We took him for a nice Nelly when he wouldn t fight./ … Dictionary of American idioms
nice Nelly(2) — or[nice Nellie] {adj.}, {informal} Too careful not to say or do anything wrong or improper; too proper; prudish. * /Her nice Nelly behavior made her unpopular at school./ … Dictionary of American idioms
nice Nelly(1) — or[nice Nellie] {n.}, {informal} Someone who acts too good to be true; a prude; a prig. * /We took him for a nice Nelly when he wouldn t fight./ … Dictionary of American idioms
nice Nelly(2) — or[nice Nellie] {adj.}, {informal} Too careful not to say or do anything wrong or improper; too proper; prudish. * /Her nice Nelly behavior made her unpopular at school./ … Dictionary of American idioms