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1 as sick as a parrot
Британский английский: расстроенный, разочарованный, раздосадованный (in the 1970ies soccer players who'd lost a match would say they felt \as sick as a parrot when interviewed after the game) -
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брит. юмор. идиом. чувствовать себя разочарованнымАнгло-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > (as) sick as a parrot
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3 (as) sick as a parrot
брит. юмор. идиом. чувствовать себя разочарованнымАнгло-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > (as) sick as a parrot
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4 parrot
Словосочетание as sick as a parrot («как больной попугай») родилось в 1979-м или 80-м гг. в кругах любителей футбола для выражения чрезвычайного разочарования результатом матча:When I heard that Millwall had lost again I felt as sick as a parrot. — Когда я узнал, что Милволл опять проиграл, я почувствовал себя отвратительно.
Имеется в виду склонность попугаев болеть вирусной лихорадкой (пситтакозом). Это выражение изменило свой первоначальный смысл, стало клише и сейчас употребляется с ироническим оттенком.
См. также в других словарях:
sick as a parrot — (informal) Extremely disappointed • • • Main Entry: ↑sick * * * (as) sick as a parrot Brit., informal extremely disappointed … Useful english dictionary
sick as a parrot — If someone s sick as a parrot about something, they are unhappy, disappointed or depressed about it … The small dictionary of idiomes
sick as a parrot — If someone s sick as a parrot about something, they are unhappy, disappointed or depressed about it. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Sick as a parrot — If someone s sick as a parrot about something, they are unhappy, disappointed or depressed about it … Dictionary of English idioms
sick as a parrot — Phrs. Depressed, upset, very disappointed … English slang and colloquialisms
(as) sick as a parrot — british very informal phrase very unhappy or disappointed about something that has happened Thesaurus: feeling sad or unhappysynonym feeling disappointedsynonym Main entry: sick * * * ( … Useful english dictionary
as sick as a parrot — very, very sick; on your deathbed, sicker than a dog Samuel s voice sounds weird because he s as sick as a parrot … English idioms
be as sick as a parrot — British, humorous to be very disappointed. Tim was sick as a parrot when he heard Manchester had lost the match … New idioms dictionary
sick — sick1 W3S1 [sık] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(ill)¦ 2 be sick 3 feel sick 4 make me/you sick 5 make somebody/yourself sick 6 be sick (and tired) of (doing) something 7 be worried sick/be sick with worry 8¦(strange/cruel)¦ 9 sick at heart … Dictionary of contemporary English
sick — 1 /sIk/ adjective 1 ILL suffering from a disease or illness: Where s Sheila is she sick? | a sick child | get sick AmE (=become ill): At the last minute I got sick and couldn t go. | sick as a dog (=very sick): Pete s at home in bed, sick as a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Parrot — Taxobox name = Parrots fossil range = fossil range|54|0Early Eocene – Recent image width = 240px image caption = Peach fronted Parakeets Aratinga aurea regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves infraclassis = Neognathae ordo =… … Wikipedia