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1 ♦ chicken
♦ chicken /ˈtʃɪkɪn/A n.3 (fam. GB) cocco, coccaB a. pred.( slang) pauroso; vigliacco; codardo● ( cucina) chicken à la king, pollo in salsa cremosa con funghi e peperoni □ (fam.) a chicken-and-egg situation, un problema insolubile; la storia dell'uovo e della gallina □ (med.) chicken breast, petto carenato; petto di pollo (pop.) □ ( cucina) chicken curry, pollo al curry □ chicken farm, allevamento di polli □ chicken farmer, pollicoltore; avicoltore □ chicken farming, pollicoltura; avicoltura □ chicken feed, mangime per polli; ( slang) somma di denaro trascurabile, spiccioli □ ( cucina, USA) chicken-fried steak, bistecca sottile impanata e fritta □ ( slang) chicken-hawk, guerrafondaio che in passato ha evitato il servizio militare □ chicken-hearted (o chicken-livered), pusillanime; timido; vile □ chicken run, pollaio; recinto per i polli □ chicken wire, rete metallica leggera ( a maglie esagonali) □ (fig.) like a chicken with its head cut off, freneticamente; come un pazzo □ (fig.) to count one's chickens before they are hatched, vendere la pelle dell'orso prima d'averlo ammazzato □ (fam.) He's no ( spring) chicken, non è un giovincello □ (fam.) His chickens have come home to roost, ora deve pagarne le conseguenze; i nodi sono venuti al pettine. -
2 chicken
['tʃɪkɪn] 1.1) (fowl) pollo m.2) (anche chicken meat) pollo m., carne f. di pollo3) colloq. (coward) coniglio m., fifone m. (-a)2.modificatore [wing, stock, breast] di pollo; [ sandwich] al pollo••to count one's chickens (before they are hatched) — vendere la pelle dell'orso prima di averlo ammazzato
* * *[' ikin]1) (a young bird, especially a young hen: She keeps chickens.) pollo2) (its flesh used as food: a plate of fried chicken.) pollo3) ((slang.) a coward.) pollo•- chicken-pox
- chicken out* * *['tʃɪkɪn] 1.1) (fowl) pollo m.2) (anche chicken meat) pollo m., carne f. di pollo3) colloq. (coward) coniglio m., fifone m. (-a)2.modificatore [wing, stock, breast] di pollo; [ sandwich] al pollo•• -
3 chicken out
verbo intransitivo colloq.* * *(to avoid doing something because of cowardice: He chickened out at the last minute.) tirarsi indietro* * *vi + advfam avere fifa* * *verbo intransitivo colloq. -
4 chicken *** chick·en
['tʃɪkɪn]1. npollo, (fam: coward) conigliodon't count your chickens before they're hatched — (Proverb) non dire quattro finché non l'hai nel sacco
2. adj(stock, breast, liver) di pollo, (farmer, farming) di polli• -
5 chicken feed
nome U1) mangime m. per polli2) colloq. (paltry sum) cifra f. irrisoria* * *n* * *nome U1) mangime m. per polli2) colloq. (paltry sum) cifra f. irrisoria -
6 chicken wire
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7 chicken-hearted
adjective (cowardly.) vile -
8 chicken-pox
noun (an infectious disease with fever and red itchy spots.) varicella -
9 chicken curry
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10 chicken drumstick
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11 chicken livers
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12 chicken noodle soup
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13 chicken run
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14 spring chicken
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15 (to) chicken out
(to) chicken out /tʃɪkɪnˈaʊt/v. i. + avv.(fam.) tirarsi indietro ( per paura); non avere il coraggio (di fare qc.): He chickened out of telling his wife, non ha avuto il coraggio di dirlo alla moglie. -
16 (to) chicken out
(to) chicken out /tʃɪkɪnˈaʊt/v. i. + avv.(fam.) tirarsi indietro ( per paura); non avere il coraggio (di fare qc.): He chickened out of telling his wife, non ha avuto il coraggio di dirlo alla moglie. -
17 chickenpox chicken·pox n
['tʃɪkɪnˌpɒks] -
18 battery chicken
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19 bone
I 1. [bəʊn]1) (of human, animal) osso m.; (of fish) lisca f., spina f.chicken on, off the bone — pollo con l'osso, disossato
2) (in corset) stecca f.2.nome plurale bones (animal skeleton) ossa f., scheletro m.sing.; (human remains) resti m. umani, scheletro m.sing.••bone of contention — oggetto del contendere o pomo della discordia
close to the bone — (wounding) offensivo; (racy) sconcio
to cut sth. to the bone — ridurre qcs. all'osso
to feel sth. in one's bones — sentirsi qcs. nelle ossa
to have a bone to pick with sb. — avere una questione da sistemare con qcn.
to make no bones about sth. — non farsi scrupoli di qcs.
sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never harm me) — prov. raglio d'asino non sale al cielo
II [bəʊn]to work one's fingers to the bone — lavorare sodo, sgobbare
verbo transitivo disossare [joint, chicken]; spinare, togliere le lische a [ fish]* * *[bəun] 1. noun1) (the hard substance forming the skeleton of man, animals etc: Bone decays far more slowly than flesh.) osso; lisca, spina2) (a piece of this substance: She broke two of the bones in her foot.) osso2. verb(to take the bones out of (fish etc).) disossare; togliere le spine- bony- bone china
- bone idle
- a bone of contention
- have a bone to pick with someone
- have a bone to pick with
- to the bone* * *I 1. [bəʊn]1) (of human, animal) osso m.; (of fish) lisca f., spina f.chicken on, off the bone — pollo con l'osso, disossato
2) (in corset) stecca f.2.nome plurale bones (animal skeleton) ossa f., scheletro m.sing.; (human remains) resti m. umani, scheletro m.sing.••bone of contention — oggetto del contendere o pomo della discordia
close to the bone — (wounding) offensivo; (racy) sconcio
to cut sth. to the bone — ridurre qcs. all'osso
to feel sth. in one's bones — sentirsi qcs. nelle ossa
to have a bone to pick with sb. — avere una questione da sistemare con qcn.
to make no bones about sth. — non farsi scrupoli di qcs.
sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never harm me) — prov. raglio d'asino non sale al cielo
II [bəʊn]to work one's fingers to the bone — lavorare sodo, sgobbare
verbo transitivo disossare [joint, chicken]; spinare, togliere le lische a [ fish] -
20 broiler
['brɔɪlə(r)]1) (anche broiler chicken) = pollo da fare alla griglia2) AE (grill) griglia f.* * *broiler /ˈbrɔɪlə(r)/n.2 (fam.) giornata torrida● broiler house, allevamento in batteria di polli ( da fare alla griglia).* * *['brɔɪlə(r)]1) (anche broiler chicken) = pollo da fare alla griglia2) AE (grill) griglia f.
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