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1 dilemma
(a position or situation giving two choices, neither pleasant: His dilemma was whether to leave the party early so as to get a lift in his friend's car, or to stay and walk eight kilometres home.) zadrega* * *[dilémə]nounzadrega, precep, dilemaon the horns of dilemma — v precepu, v škripcih, v hudi zadregi -
2 horn
[ho:n]1) (a hard object which grows (usually in pairs) on the head of a cow, sheep etc: A ram has horns.) rog2) (the material of which this is made: spoons made of horn; ( also adjective) horn spoons.) roževina3) (something which is made of horn: a shoehorn.) roževinast4) (something which looks like a horn in shape: a snail's horns.) rog, rožič5) (the apparatus in a car etc which gives a warning sound: The driver blew his horn.) hupa6) (an instrument, formerly an animal's horn but now made of brass, that is blown to produce a musical sound: a hunting-horn.) rog7) ((also French horn) the type of coiled brass horn that is played in orchestras etc.) rog•- horned- - horned
- horny* * *I [hɔ:n]nounrog, rogovina, roževina; music rog; hupa, trobilo (avto); simbol moči; zvočni lijak (pri gramofonu); tipalka (polž, insekt), polipova lovka; krak luninega krajca; rečni rokav, zaliv; plural figuratively rogovi (prevaranega moža); American colloquially požirek pijače; vulgar trd penismusic English horn — vrsta oboemusic French horn — vrsta trobenteto draw ( —ali pull) in one's horns — brzdati se, postati skromnejšito lift ( —ali raise) the horns — pokazati roge, biti prevzetenon the horns of a dilemma — v veliki dilemi, med dvema ognjemaScottish history to put to the horn — izgnati, izobčitihorn of plenty — rog izobilja, blaga na pretekto show one's horns — pokazati roge, postati predrzento take the bull by the horns — smelo se spoprijeti s težavami, kljubovatiII [hɔ:n]transitive verbnabosti na rogove, udariti z rogoviAmerican to horn in — vsiliti se, vriniti se
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on the horns of a dilemma — ► on the horns of a dilemma faced with a decision involving equally unfavourable alternatives. Main Entry: ↑horn … English terms dictionary
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