postati skromnejši

1) (a hard object which grows (usually in pairs) on the head of a cow, sheep etc: A ram has horns.) rog

2) (the material of which this is made: spoons made of horn; ( also adjective) horn spoons.) roževina

3) (something which is made of horn: a shoehorn.) roževinast

4) (something which looks like a horn in shape: a snail's horns.) rog, rožič

5) (the apparatus in a car etc which gives a warning sound: The driver blew his horn.) hupa

6) (an instrument, formerly an animal's horn but now made of brass, that is blown to produce a musical sound: a hunting-horn.) rog

7) ((also French horn) the type of coiled brass horn that is played in orchestras etc.) rog

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- horned

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rog, 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 penis

the Horn — Rt Horn

music English horn — vrsta oboe

music French horn — vrsta trobente

hunting horn — lovski rog

shoe horn — žlica za obuvanje

to come out at the little end of the horn — slabo opraviti

to draw ( —ali pull) in one's horns — brzdati se, postati skromnejši

to lift ( —ali raise) the horns — pokazati roge, biti prevzeten

on the horns of a dilemma — v veliki dilemi, med dvema ognjema

Scottish history to put to the horn — izgnati, izobčiti

horn of plenty — rog izobilja, blaga na pretek

to show one's horns — pokazati roge, postati predrzen

to take the bull by the horns — smelo se spoprijeti s težavami, kljubovati

nabosti na rogove, udariti z rogovi

American to horn in — vsiliti se, vriniti se

1) (a usually short, not very thick, piece of wood, metal etc used to fasten or mark something: There were four pegs stuck in the ground.) klin

2) (a hook on a wall or door for hanging clothes etc on: Hang your clothes on the pegs in the cupboard.) kljuka

3) ((also clothes-peg) a wooden or plastic clip for holding clothes etc to a rope while drying.) kljukica za perilo

- take someone down a peg or two

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klin, klinček, količ, zatič, čep; kljukica za perilo; music ključ na violini; sponka; figuratively predmet pogovora, pretveza; colloquially lesena noga; British English kozarček (zlasti whiskey s sodo)

to come down a peg or two — postati skromnejši

to take s.o. down a peg or two — ponižati koga

off the peg — z obešalnika, konfekcija

a square ( —ali round) peg in a round ( —ali square) hole — človek na neprimernem položaju

military slang to put a man on the peg — dati koga na raport

figuratively a peg to hang on — predmet pogovora, pretveza

a peg to hang a discourse on — nekdo s katerim se da razpravljati

zakoliti, pribiti; zakoličiti (zemljo); economy umetno zadržati ceno (na borzi); slang metati kamne (at na);

truditi se; meriti (at na)

to peg away ( —ali along, on) — vztrajno delati

to peg down — zakoliti; figuratively omejiti, odrediti smernice (dela itd.)

to peg s.o. down — priviti koga

to peg out — omejiti, zakoličiti (mejo itd.); sport končati igro (kroket); slang umreti, izdihniti; biti uničen, izčrpan

1) (a tube, usually made of metal, earthenware etc, through which water, gas etc can flow: a water pipe; a drainpipe.) cev

2) (a small tube with a bowl at one end, in which tobacco is smoked: He smokes a pipe; ( also adjective) pipe tobacco.) pipa

3) (a musical instrument consisting of a hollow wooden, metal etc tube through which the player blows or causes air to be blown in order to make a sound: He played a tune on a bamboo pipe; an organ pipe.) piščal(ka)

1) (to convey gas, water etc by a pipe: Water is piped to the town from the reservoir.) speljati po ceveh

2) (to play (music) on a pipe or pipes: He piped a tune.) piskati

3) (to speak in a high voice, make a high-pitched sound: `Hallo,' the little girl piped.) piskati

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- piper

- pipe dream

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(dovodna) cev; piščalka, frula; brlizganje, žvižganje (ptičje); music plural dude; anatomy sapnik, prebavni kanal; glas (pri petju); pipa za tobak; geology dimnik; mineralogy cev za zračenje v rudniku, rudna žila cilindraste oblike; botany votlo steblo, votel pecelj; economy vinski sod ali sod za olje (10ɜ galonov, ca 477 litrov); British English history obračun državne blagajne (Pipe Roll, Great Roll of the Pipes); slang lahka naloga

pipe of piece — pipa miru

colloquially put that in your pipe and smoke it! — dobro si zapomni!, figuratively pomiri se s tem

to put s.o.'s pipe out — preprečiti komu kaj

organ pipe — orgelska piščalka

to clear one's pipe — odkašljati se, odhrkati se

piskati; žvižgati, zavijati (veter); brlizgati (ptič); hripavo govoriti, piskati pri govorjenju; slang jokati;

požvižgavati, piskati napev (na piščalko itd.)

nautical z žvižgom sklicati posadko; napeljati cevi, speljati po ceveh (vodo, plin itd.); okrasiti (torto s sladkornim oblivom, obleko z našitki); botany grebenčiti (trte, sadike); slang to pipe (one's eyes) — jokati

nautical to pipe away — dati signal (z žvižgom) za odhod ladje

slang to pipe down — utihniti, izgubiti samozavest, postati skromnejši

to pipe up — zapiskati na piščalko; zapeti, oglasiti se s piskajočim glasom