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1 głupi
1. adj(pot: niemądry) foolish, stupid; ( błahy) silly; ( kłopotliwy) awkward2. m* * *a.1. pog. stupid, dumb, foolish, silly; głupia gęś silly cow; głupi uśmiech smirk; głupi jak but dumb as a rail; nie bądź głupi don't be a fool; (spytać) z głupia frant (ask) playing dumb.2. pot. (= bez sensu) stupid, dumb.3. iron. (= naiwny) foolish.4. pot. (= nieważny) trivial, piddling.5. pot. (= kłopotliwy) awkward.mppog. idiot, dumbass; głupiego robota fool's errand; śmiać się jak głupi do sera have a stupid mile on one's face; nie udawaj głupiego don't play dumb; nie ma głupich! nobody's that stupid!; głupich nie sieją, sami się rodzą fools grow l. folly grows without watering; nadzieja jest matką głupich hope often deludes the foolish man.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > głupi
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2 dupereln|y
The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > dupereln|y
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3 maleństw|o
n dim. 1. pieszcz. (małe dziecko) tiny baby a. tot- moje kochane maleństwo my little darling2. (coś małego) tiny little thing- ależ to maleństwo, to twoje mieszkanko! your flat is so very tiny a. so minuscule- o takie maleństwo tyle hałasu! why make such a big deal out of a (piddling) little thing like that?The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > maleństw|o
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Piddling — Pid dling, a. Trifling; trivial; frivolous; paltry; applied to persons and things. [1913 Webster] The ignoble hucksterage of piddling tithes. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
piddling — index inconsiderable, paltry, petty, puerile Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
piddling — (adj.) insignificant, trifling, 1550s, pp. adjective from PIDDLE (Cf. piddle) … Etymology dictionary
piddling — [adj] insignificant derisory, little, measly*, niggling*, paltry, peanut*, pettifogging*, petty, picayune, puny, trifling, trivial, unimportant, useless, worthless; concepts 575,789 Ant. important, major, significant … New thesaurus
piddling — [pid′liŋ] adj. insignificant; trifling; petty … English World dictionary
piddling — [[t]pɪ̱dəlɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Piddling means small or unimportant. [INFORMAL] ...arguing over piddling amounts of money. Syn: paltry … English dictionary
piddling — mod. inadequate; meager; tiny. (See also piss poor; piddle.) □ What a piddling amount of money! I can’t live on that. □ That is a piddling steak. I want a big one … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Piddling — Piddle Pid dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Piddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Piddling}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. pittla to keep picking at, Sw. peta to pick.] 1. To deal in trifles; to concern one s self with trivial matters rather than with those that are important.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
piddling — /pid ling/, adj. amounting to very little; trifling; negligible: a piddling sum of money. [1550 60; PIDDLE + ING2] Syn. trivial, insignificant, paltry, picayune. * * * … Universalium
piddling — adjective Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless. After all the work Id done, he gave me a piddling amount of money … Wiktionary
piddling — adjective small and unimportant: I can t be bothered with all these piddling details … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
