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2 coot
[ku:t]nold \coot alter Esel fam3.▶ as bald as a \coot völlig kahl* * *[kuːt]nWasserhuhn nt* * *coot [kuːt] she’s (as) bald as a coot umg er hat kein Haar mehr auf dem Kopf2. umg Trottel m:* * *n.Wasserhuhn n. -
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adjective1) kahl [Person, Kopf]; kahlköpfig, glatzköpfig [Person]2) (plain) einfach, schmucklos [Rede, Prosa]; knapp, nackt [Behauptung]3) (coll.): (worn smooth) abgefahren [Reifen]* * *[bo:ld]1) ((of people) with little or no hair on the head: a bald head; He is going bald (= becoming bald).) kahl3) (bare or plain: a bald statement of the facts.) unverblümt•- academic.ru/5155/baldness">baldness- balding
- baldly* * *[bɔ:ld]1. (lacking hair) glatzköpfig, kahl\bald spot [or patch] kahle Stelleto be [as] \bald as a coot völlig kahl seinto go \bald eine Glatze bekommen, kahl werden2. AUTOa \bald tyre ein abgefahrener Reifen3. (blunt) unverblümt4. (unadorned)\bald speech knappe Rede\bald style schlichter [o schmuckloser] Stil* * *[bɔːld]adj (+er)to go bald — eine Glatze bekommen, kahl werden
2)3) style, statement knapp* * *bald [bɔːld]A adj (adv baldly)1. kahl(köpfig), glatzköpfig:go bald eine Glatze bekommen, kahl werden3. (völlig) abgefahren (Reifen)4. fig kahl, schmucklos, armselig, dürftig5. figa) offen, unverblümt:to put it baldly um es ganz offen zu sagenb) knapp (Erklärung etc)bald eagle Weißköpfiger Seeadler (Wappentier der USA)B v/i US kahl werden, eine Glatze bekommen* * *adjective1) kahl [Person, Kopf]; kahlköpfig, glatzköpfig [Person]he is bald — er ist kahl[köpfig] od. hat eine Glatze
2) (plain) einfach, schmucklos [Rede, Prosa]; knapp, nackt [Behauptung]3) (coll.): (worn smooth) abgefahren [Reifen]* * *(worn) tyre (UK) n.abgefahrener Reifen m. adj.dürftig adj.federlos adj.glatzköpfig adj.kahl adj.nackt adj.nüchtern adj.schmucklos adj.trocken adj.unverblümt adj.unverhüllt adj. n.weißköpfig adj. -
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5 bald
[bɔ:ld] adj1) ( lacking hair) glatzköpfig, kahl;to be [as] \bald as a coot völlig kahl sein;to go \bald eine Glatze bekommen, kahl werden2) a \bald tyre ein abgefahrener Reifen3) ( blunt) unverblümt4) ( unadorned)\bald speech knappe Rede;\bald style schlichter [o schmuckloser] Stil -
6 bőrhajú
(EN) bald as a billiard ball; bald as a coot; bald as an egg -
7 tökkopasz
(DE) ratzekahl; (EN) bald as a billiard ball; bald as a coot; bald as an egg -
8 vízityúk
(DE) Teichhuhn {s}; Wasserhuhn {s}; Wasserhühner {pl}; (EN) bald-coot; coot; marsh-hen; waterhen
См. также в других словарях:
bald as a coot — A person who is completely bald is as bald as a coot … The small dictionary of idiomes
bald as a coot — see under ↑coot1 • • • Main Entry: ↑bald … Useful english dictionary
bald as a coot — A person who is completely bald is as bald as a coot. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Bald as a coot — A person who is completely bald is as bald as a coot … Dictionary of English idioms
bald as a coot — totally bald … English contemporary dictionary
bald as a coot — Entirely bald … A concise dictionary of English slang
be as bald as a coot — humorous to be completely bald (= having no hair on your head). Then he took off his hat and he was as bald as a coot … New idioms dictionary
(as) bald as a coot — idiom (BrE, informal) completely bald Main entry: ↑baldidiom … Useful english dictionary
as bald as a coot — Meaning Completely bald. Origin Coots are water birds whose white head colouring give them the appearance of baldness. ref: Brewer s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 15th edition … Meaning and origin of phrases
Coot — For other uses, see Coot (disambiguation). Coots Eurasian Coot Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
coot, you old — A friendly insult, comparing the person addressed (usually a man) to the water bird known as a coot, or more accurately, to one of the several birds loosely known by this name. One of them is bald, hence the proverbial ‘bald as a coot’. One is … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address