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1 red\ rag\ to\ a\ bull
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2 show a red rag to a bull
Разговорное выражение: разъярять, провоцировать (Don't ask Charles why his wife left him, that would be like showing a red rag to a bull !)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > show a red rag to a bull
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3 (to) be like a red rag to a bull
(быть) как красная тряпка для быкаThe mention of that man's name to him is like a red rag to a bull (= something that causes violent anger).
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > (to) be like a red rag to a bull
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4 like a red rag to a bull
(быть) как красная тряпка для быкаThe mention of that man's name to him is like a red rag to a bull (= something that causes violent anger).
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > like a red rag to a bull
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5 (to) be like a red rag to a bull
(быть) как красная тряпка для быкаThe mention of that man's name to him is like a red rag to a bull (= something that causes violent anger).
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > (to) be like a red rag to a bull
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6 to be like a red rag to a bull
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8 like a red rag to a bull
like a red rag to a bullprovocativo, provocante, que induz à cólera. -
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10 like a red rag to a bull
как красная тряпка на быка (действовать); приводить в бешенство/яростьCriticizing the Liberal Party in front of him is like a red rag to a bull.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > like a red rag to a bull
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11 like a red rag to a bull
как красная тряпка для быка, раздражающий, злящий (о том, что приводит кого-л. в ярость, в бешенство)You say you've spoken to him and I'm like a red rag to a bull where he's concerned. (A. J. Cronin, ‘Hatter's Castle’, book III, ch. 6) — Ты говоришь, что уже пробовал говорить с Броуди, но безуспешно, ну а я для него все равно что красная тряпка для быка.
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12 like a red rag to a bull
Общая лексика: как красная тряпка для быкаУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > like a red rag to a bull
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13 like a red rag to a bull
מרגיז, כיריעה אדומה המונפת מול עיני שור* * *◙ רוש יניע לומ תפנומה המודא העיריכ,זיגרמ◄ -
14 it's like a red rag to a bull
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15 like a red rag to a bull
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16 Like a red rag to a bull
Как красная тряпка на быкаDifficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > Like a red rag to a bull
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17 it's\ like\ a\ red\ rag\ to\ a\ bull
English-Hungarian dictionary > it's\ like\ a\ red\ rag\ to\ a\ bull
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18 like a red rag to a bull
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19 red rag
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20 red rag
noun(fig.) rotes Tuch (to für)* * *n▶ sth is like a \red rag to a bull to sb etw ist für jdn wie ein rotes Tuch* * *nrotes Tuch* * *noun(fig.) rotes Tuch (to für)be like a red rag to a bull [to somebody] — wie ein rotes Tuch [auf jemanden] wirken
См. также в других словарях:
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Red rag to a bull — If something is a red rag to a bull, it is something that will inevitably make somebody angry or cross … Dictionary of English idioms
a red rag to a bull — (like) a red rag to a bull see red * * * a red rag to a bull see ↑red, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑bull a red rag to a bull see ↑red, 1 • • • … Useful english dictionary
(a) red rag to a bull — a red rag to a bull british phrase something that will make someone very angry Thesaurus: something that is annoyingsynonym Main entry: red * * * a red rag to a ˈbull idiom ( … Useful english dictionary
be like a red rag to a bull — if a statement or an action is like a red rag to a bull, it makes someone very angry. For Claire, the suggestion of a women only committee was like a red rag to a bull … New idioms dictionary
red rag to a bull — Source of exasperation … A concise dictionary of English slang
red rag — noun Etymology: so called from the tradition that a red rag incites a bull to rage : something that incites to anger or vexation the jibe was a red rag goading him to violence … Useful english dictionary
(the) red rag — menstruation Punning perhaps on rag on and the cliché, a red rag to a bull … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
like a red rag to a bull — in a manner that attracts, causing uncontrollable attraction … English contemporary dictionary