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1 ♦ shirt
♦ shirt /ʃɜ:t/n.● shirt collar, collo di camicia; colletto □ shirt-front ► shirtfront □ shirt manufacturer, industriale della camiceria; camiciaio □ shirt manufacturing, camiceria □ (fig.) shirt-sleeve diplomacy, diplomazia informale □ shirt tail, lembo posteriore della camicia □ to bet one's shirt, scommetterci la camicia □ to be in one's shirt-sleeves, essere in maniche di camicia □ ( slang) to lose one's shirt, rimetterci anche la camicia □ ( slang) to put one's shirt on st., scommettere fino all'ultima lira (o giocarsi la camicia) su qc. □ (fig. fam.) stuffed shirt, tipo borioso (o tronfio); pallone gonfiato, trombone (fig.) □ ( slang) Keep your shirt on!, stai calmo!, non agitarti! -
2 stuffed
[stʌft] 1. 2.aggettivo [ tomato] ripieno; [ olive] farcito; [ toy animal] di pezza, di peluche; [bird, fox] impagliato••to be a stuffed shirt — colloq. spreg. essere un pallone gonfiato
* * *stuffed /stʌft/a.● (fig.) stuffed shirt, pallone gonfiato (fig.); stupido borioso; formalista impettito □ stuffed-up, ( del naso, ecc.) intasato, chiuso ( per il raffreddore, ecc.); ( di una persona) col naso intasato, raffreddato, che ha il raffreddore □ (fig.) a head stuffed with information, una testa piena di nozioni □ (volg. ingl.) Get stuffed!, fatti fottere! (volg.); va al diavolo!* * *[stʌft] 1. 2.aggettivo [ tomato] ripieno; [ olive] farcito; [ toy animal] di pezza, di peluche; [bird, fox] impagliato••to be a stuffed shirt — colloq. spreg. essere un pallone gonfiato
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3 stuff ****
[stʌf]1. n1) (substance) roba2) (possessions, equipment) cose fpl, roba3)(
fam: nonsense) all that stuff about her leaving — tutte quelle storie sulla sua partenza4) famgo on, do your stuff! — forza, fai quello che devi fare!
2. vt(fill) riempire, Culin farcire, (animal: for exhibition) impagliareto stuff (with) — (container) riempire (di), (cushion, toy) imbottire (di)
to stuff into — (stow: contents) ficcare (in)
get stuffed! offensive — va' a farti fottere!
stuffed shirt fam — pallone m gonfiato
to stuff o.s. (with food) — rimpinzarsi, strafogarsi
См. также в других словарях:
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stuffed shirt — n informal someone who behaves in a very formal way and thinks that they are important … Dictionary of contemporary English
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stuffed shirt — ► NOUN informal ▪ a conservative, pompous person … English terms dictionary
stuffed shirt — ☆ stuffed shirt n. Slang a pompous, pretentious person … English World dictionary
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stuffed shirt — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms stuffed shirt : singular stuffed shirt plural stuffed shirts informal a boring person who always behaves in a very correct way … English dictionary
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stuffed shirt — n. a dull and stuffy person, usually a male. □ Mr. Wilson is a stuffed shirt, and people would tell him so if he didn’t have so much money. □ I don’t want to listen to that stuffed shirt anymore … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
stuffed shirt — {n. phr.} A pretentious bore; a pompous, empty person. * /I think that Howard is a terrible stuffed shirt with no sense of humor./ … Dictionary of American idioms