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1 pew
[pjuː]nome banco m. (di chiesa)take a pew — colloq. scherz. prendete posto, accomodatevi
* * *[pju:](a seat or bench in a church.) panca (di chiesa)* * *pew /pju:/n.1 (relig.) panca di chiesa; recinto privato chiuso da tramezzi di legno ( nelle chiese protestanti): family pew, panca (o recinto) di famiglia2 (fam.) posto a sedere: to find a pew, trovare un posto a sedere; Take a pew!, siediti; prendi un posto.* * *[pjuː]nome banco m. (di chiesa)take a pew — colloq. scherz. prendete posto, accomodatevi
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2 pew n
[pjuː](in church) bancotake a pew! fig fam — accomodati!, siediti!
См. также в других словарях:
take a pew — british spoken phrase used for telling someone in a friendly way to sit down with you Thesaurus: in a sitting positionsynonym Main entry: pew … Useful english dictionary
take a pew! — ˌtake a ˈpew! idiom (BrE, informal, humorous) used to tell sb to sit down Main entry: ↑pewidiom … Useful english dictionary
Take a pew. — British & Australian, humorous if you tell someone to take a pew, you are asking them to sit down. Come in and take a pew … New idioms dictionary
take a pew — British spoken used for telling someone in a friendly way to sit down with you … English dictionary
pew — pew1 [ pju ] noun count a long wooden seat in a church take a pew BRITISH SPOKEN used for telling someone in a friendly way to sit down with you pew pew 2 [ pju ] interjection AMERICAN SPOKEN used for saying you smell something unpleasant … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pew — UK [pjuː] / US [pju] noun [countable] Word forms pew : singular pew plural pews a long wooden seat in a church • take a pew … English dictionary
pew — pew1 [pju:] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: puie, from Latin podia, plural of podium; PODIUM] 1.) a long wooden seat in a church 2.) take a pew BrE spoken used humorously to invite someone to sit down pew 2 pew2 … Dictionary of contemporary English
Pew — chair; any place to sit down: take a pew … Dictionary of Australian slang
pew — Australian Slang chair; any place to sit down: take a pew … English dialects glossary
pew — n British a chair. A colloquialism usually heard in the verb form take a pew : sit down. This humorously elevated version of chair arose around the turn of the 20th century … Contemporary slang
pew — 1 noun (C) 1 a long wooden seat in a church 2 take a pew BrE spoken used to invite someone to sit down 2 interjection AmE spoken used when there is a very unpleasant smell; pooh BrE … Longman dictionary of contemporary English