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1 tongue
1) (the fleshy organ inside the mouth, used in tasting, swallowing, speaking etc: The doctor looked at her tongue.) jezik2) (the tongue of an animal used as food.) jezik3) (something with the same shape as a tongue: a tongue of flame.) jezik4) (a language: English is his mother-tongue / native tongue; a foreign tongue.) jezik* * *[tʌŋ]1.nounjezik; figuratively človeški govor, jezik, veščina govora; način, spretnost izražanja; figuratively (zemeljski) rt; jezik plamena; jeziček (pri tehtnici); jezik pri čevlju; kembelj (zvona); ustnik (pihala); technical tračnica, kretnicafurred (coated) tongue — medicine obložen jezika fluent tongue, a sharp tongue — dobro namazan, odrezav jezika long tongue, a sharp tongue — dolg, oster jeziktongue in cheek figuratively ironičnoslanderous tongue — zlobni jeziki, obrekovalcigift of tongues — dar, talent za jezikeon the tip of one's tongue — na konici jezika, na jezikuhe is all tongue — on samo govoriči, njega je samo govorjenje, brbljanjehis tongue is too long for his teeth — on je preveč jezikav, on preveč jezikato give tongue — glasno govoriti, vpitito have a long tongue — imeti dolg jezik, biti čenčavhe has too much tongue — kar ima na srcu, ima na jezikuhold your tongue! — drži jezik za zobmi! jezik za zobe!to speak with one's tongue in one's cheek — govoriti ironično (posmehljivo, neiskreno, hinavsko)to wag one's tongue — neprestano brbljati, žlabudrati;2.transitive verbdotakniti se, polizati z jezikom; colloquially ozmerjati, ošteti; intransitive verb klepetati, jezik vrteti -
2 cheek
[ i:k]1) (the side of the face below the eye: pink cheeks.) lice2) (impudence or disrespectful behaviour: He had the cheek to refuse me entrance.) predrznost•- cheeky- cheekiness* * *I [či:k]nounlice, obraz; colloquially predrznost, nesramnost; plural technical stranski deli raznih strojevcheek by jowl — tesno skupaj, zelo zaupnonone of your cheek! — ne bodi tako predrzen!with one's tongue in one's cheek — neodkritosrčno; hudomušencolloquially to one's own cheek — vse samo zaseII [či:k]transitive verbfamiliarly predrzno se obnašati
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tongue-in-cheek — (adj.) 1933, from phrase to speak with one s tongue in one s cheek to speak insincerely (1748), which somehow must have been suggestive of sly irony or humorous insincerity, but the exact notion is obscure … Etymology dictionary
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cheek — /tʃik / (say cheek) noun 1. either side of the face below eye level. 2. the side wall of the mouth between the upper and lower jaws. 3. something resembling the human cheek in form or position, as either of two parts forming corresponding sides… …
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