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skin 1. noun1) (the natural outer covering of an animal or person: She couldn't stand the feel of wool against her skin; A snake can shed its skin.) skinn, hud2) (a thin outer layer, as on a fruit: a banana-skin; onion-skins.) skinn, skall, skrell3) (a (thin) film or layer that forms on a liquid: Boiled milk often has a skin on it.) snerk, hinne2. verb(to remove the skin from: He skinned and cooked the rabbit.) flå; skrelle- skin flick
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- by the skin of one's teethhinne--------hud--------skinn--------snerkIsubst. \/skɪn\/1) hud, skinn2) skall, skinn, skrell• where did you put the banana skin?3) ( på væske) snerk4) lærsekk, skinnsekk5) ( sjøfart) forhudning, hud6) ( luftfart) hud, trekk7) ( britisk hverdagslig) skinhead, snauskalle8) ( hverdagslig) sigarettpapir9) ( bygg) kledning10) ( foranstilt) porno-, naken-11) (amer. slang) dollarseddel12) (amer. slang) dong, kondombe in someone's skin være i noens bukser, være i noens stedbe skin and bone være (bare) skinn og benby the skin of one's teeth eller with the skin of one's teeth med nød og neppe, med knapp margin, på hengende håretchange one's skin skifte hamfear for one's skin være redd for skinnet sitt, frykte for sitt livget somebody under one's skin ( hverdagslig) bli besatt av noenget under somebody's skin ( hverdagslig) gå noen på nervene komme innpå noen, komme under huden på noengive someone (some) skin (amer., hverdagslig) gi noen hånden, vise noen hånden (til en form for hilsen hvor hendene berøres)• hey man, give me some skin!hei kamerat, gi\/vis meg hånden!have a thick skin ( overført) være tykkhudet, være ufølsomhave a thin skin ( overført) være tynnhudet, være følsomjump out of one's skin ( overført) gå ut av sitt gode skinnkeep \/ sleep in a whole skin ( gammeldags) komme helskinnet fra noeouter skin overhudsave one's skin ( overført) redde skinnetskin and all med hud og hårskin and blister (britisk, rimslang = sister)søsterskin and bone skinn og bein, meget tynnskin flute ( slang) penisunder the skin ( overført) i bunn og grunn, når det kommer til stykketbe wet to one's skin være våt til skinnet, være gjennomvåtIIverb \/skɪn\/1) flå, dra av huden\/skinnet på2) skrelle, ta av skallet på3) skrape, skrubbe4) ( slang) jule opp, hudstryke5) (amer., overført) hudflette, kritisere, skjelle ut6) ( hverdagslig) flå, snyte7) ( fotball) drible (med letthet)8) ( slang) stikke (av)keep one's eyes skinned ( hverdagslig) holde øynene oppe, ha øynene med segskin a flint være gjerrigskin alive ( også overført) flå levendeskin one's teeth ( vestindisk) leskin over ( gammeldags) bli dekket med, leges, gro igjenthere is more than one way to skin a cat ( ordtak) det er flere veier til målet, ting kan gjøres på flere måter
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