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not worth a tinker's curse

  • 1 curse

    [kə:s] 1. verb
    1) (to wish that evil may fall upon: I curse the day that I was born!; The witch cursed him.) preklinjati, prekleti
    2) (to use violent language; to swear: He cursed (at his own stupidity) when he dropped the hammer on his toe.) preklinjati
    2. noun
    1) (an act of cursing, or the words used: the witch's curse.) urok
    2) (a thing or person which is cursed: Having to work is the curse of my life.) prekletstvo
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    * * *
    I [kə:s]
    noun
    kletev, psovka; prekletstvo, šiba božja, nesreča; familiarly menstruacija
    curses come home to roost — kdor drugemu jamo koplje, sam vanjo pade
    II [kə:s]
    1.
    transitive verb
    preklinjati, psovati, obrekovati, sramotiti, izobčiti;
    2.
    intransitive verb
    kleti
    to curse by bell, book and candle — vse po vrsti prekleti
    curse him! — naj ga vrag vzame!
    to curse with s.th. — kaznovati, mučiti s čim

    English-Slovenian dictionary > curse

  • 2 tinker

    ['tiŋkə] 1. noun
    (a person who travels around like a gypsy, mending kettles, pans etc.) piskrovez
    2. verb
    (often with about or around) to fiddle, or work in an unskilled way, with machinery etc: He enjoys tinkering around (with car engines). brkljati, šušmariti
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    [tíŋkə]
    1.
    noun
    potujoč popravljač kotličkov, cinar; figuratively šušmar; šušmarstvo; figuratively gostilniški politik
    I don't care a tinker's curse (cuss, damn) — mi ni prav nič mar, se požvižgam na to;
    2.
    transitive verb
    krpati, popravljati (kotle); pociniti, grobo popraviti, zmašiti; intransitive verb šušmariti, slabo opraviti delo
    to tinker up — zakrpati, skrpati, zmašiti

    English-Slovenian dictionary > tinker

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