spring bore

rollo de pelo — Ven curler, hair curler, roller

nos soltó el rollo de siempre — he gave us the usual spiel *

¡menudo rollo nos contó tu padre! — what a lecture your dad gave us! iró

¡menudo rollo que tiene! — he's always waffling (on) about something! *

¡vaya rollo patatero que me estás contando! — you're talking a load of old tosh! **, you're talking a load of baloney! (EEUU) *

corta el rollo y dime exactamente lo que quieres — cut it short * o cut the crap *** and tell me exactly what you want

cinco minutos más y ya corto el rollo — five minutes more and then I'll shut up *

estar de rollo * Esp, Méx —

tirarse el rollo Esp, Méx —

no te tires el rollo conmigo que te conozco — don't give me that spiel *, I know what you're like

tírate el rollo e invítame a una copa — be a pal and get me a drink *

¡qué rollo! — what a pain! **

ser un rollo — [discurso, conferencia] to be dead boring *; [persona] to be a bore *, be a pain **

lo de las lentillas es un rollo — contact lenses are a real pain *

no sabemos de qué va el rollo — we don't know what it's all about o what's going on

no me va el rollo de esta gente — I'm not into their scene *

• buen/mal rollo, en sus fiestas siempre hay buen rollo — there's always a good atmosphere at his parties

¡qué mal rollo! — what a pain! *

me da buen/mal rollo — I've got a good/nasty o bad feeling about it

¡qué buen rollo me da ese tío! — that guy gives me really good vibes! *

la película me dio tan mal rollo que me deprimí — the film was a real downer *

esa película es muy rollo — that film's dead boring *

no seas rollo, Julián — don't be a bore * o pain **,Julián

qué tío más rollo! — that guy's such a pain o bore! (colloq)

las clases son un rollo — the classes are dead boring (colloq)

todos los días nos suelta or nos echa or (Ven) nos arma el mismo rollo — he gives us the same speech o sermon every day (colloq)

no me sueltes el rollo — you can cut the lecture (colloq)

bueno, corta el rollo ya — OK, can it, will you? (AmE colloq), OK, put a sock in it, will you? (BrE colloq)

a mí este rollo no me va — this isn't my scene (colloq)

qué tío más rollo! — that guy's such a pain o bore! (colloq)

las clases son un rollo — the classes are dead boring (colloq)

todos los días nos suelta or nos echa or (Ven) nos arma el mismo rollo — he gives us the same speech o sermon every day (colloq)

no me sueltes el rollo — you can cut the lecture (colloq)

bueno, corta el rollo ya — OK, can it, will you? (AmE colloq), OK, put a sock in it, will you? (BrE colloq)

a mí este rollo no me va — this isn't my scene (colloq)

Ex: Chapter 6 covers discs, tapes, piano rolls and sound recordings on film.

Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

to machine all over — обрабатывать ( изделие) кругом

to dry run the machine — управлять станком на холостом ходу ( без обработки)

to program the machine — программировать ( обработку) на станке

den Brunnen erst zudecken, wenn das Kind hineingefallen ist (fig) — to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted (prov)

erst, wenn das Kind in den Brunnen gefallen ist (fig) — but not until things had gone wrong

Brunnen trinken — to take the waters