to drop (a pinch of) salt on the tail of a bird

1) ((also common salt) sodium chloride, a white substance frequently used for seasoning: The soup needs more salt.) sol

2) (any other substance formed, like common salt, from a metal and an acid.) sol

3) (a sailor, especially an experienced one: an old salt.) morski volk

- salted

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(kuhinjska) sol; chemistry sol (često plural); medicine (odvajalna) sol; figuratively začimba, sol, ostroumnost, dovtipnost, duhovitost; familiarly mornar; sodček za sol

in salt — namočen v raztopini soli, nasoljen

above (below) the salt figuratively na gornjem (spodnjem) koncu mize

with a grain of salt figuratively razsodno, s pametnim premislekom, ne dobesedno

the salt of the earth figuratively sol zemlje, elita

an old salt — star mornar, figuratively morski volk

salt of lemon — oksalna kislina za odstranitev madežev črnila

attic salt figuratively duhovitost

common salt — kuhinjska sol

Glauber's salt — Glauberjeva grenka sol, natrijev sulfat

Epsom salt — grenka sol, magnezijev sulfat, purgativ

rock-salt — kamena sol

sea-salt — morska sol

smelling-salts — dišeča sol (proti omedlevici)

a speech full of salt — začinjen, zabeljen govor

table salt — namizna, fina sol

to be the salt of earth figuratively biti sol (elita, smetana) zemlje

to be true to one's salt — biti zvest svojemu gospodarju

you are not made of salt figuratively nisi iz sladkorja (lahkó greš na dež)

he is not worth his salt figuratively ni za nobeno rabo, je popolnoma nesposoben

to eat salt with s.o. — biti gost koga

to eat s.o.'s salt figuratively uživati gostoljubnost koga, jesti njegov kruh; biti odvisen od koga

to drop (a pinch of) salt on the tail of a bird — natresti soli ptiču na rep (da bi ga ujeli)

to be seated above (below) the salt history zavzemati mesto uglednega (nepomembnega) gosta pri mizi

to sit below the salt — sedeti poleg neuglednih gostov ali služinčadi pri obedu

to take with a grain of salt — vzeti (kaj) z vso opreznostjo, zadržanostjo, rezervo

adjective ( saltly adverb)

slan; soljen, nasoljen, prežet s soljo; preplavljen s slano (zlasti morsko) vodo; rastoč v slani vodi; figuratively oster, jedek, hud, zasoljen, popopran (cena, šala); archaic pohoten, polten

salt beef — nasoljena govedina

salt horse slang nasoljeno meso (govedina)

salt junk slang nasoljeno meso

salt tears figuratively grenke solze

salt water — slana, morska voda

(po-, za-) soliti; posuti sneg s soljo (da se stopi); figuratively začiniti (s soljo), popoprati; slang napačno prikazati, olepšati; commerce zasoliti (račun)

salted meat — nasoljeno meso

to salt an account commerce navesti zelo visoke cene, zasoliti cene (za kako blago)

to salt the books — "pofrizirati" knjigovodske knjige, prikazati večji dobiček, kot je v resnici

to salt a mine figuratively razmetati rudo po najdišču, da je videti bogatejše

to salt away, to salt down — nasoliti; slang odložiti, dati na stran, varčevati; spraviti, shraniti (denar) za rezervo

1) (the part of an animal, bird or fish that sticks out behind the rest of its body: The dog wagged its tail; A fish swims by moving its tail.) rep

2) (anything which has a similar function or position: the tail of an aeroplane/comet.) rep

- - tailed

- tail-end

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rep; trtica; spodnji del; konec (sprevoda itd.); zadnji del pluga; stran kovanca z napisom; spremstvo; najslabši igralci kakega moštva, odpadki; stranka, privrženci; žaket, frak, škric, vlečka (obleke); plural colloquially družabna obleka

tail of a — letter konec pisma

tail of the trenches military najbolj sprednji jarki

tail of gale — konec nevihte

tail of a stream — tih, miren tok reke

tail margin — spodnji beli rob strani (knjige)

tails up figuratively dobre volje, vesel

tail of a musical note — del note pod črto

close on s.o. 's tail — komu tik za petami

cow's tail — figuratively razcefran konec vrvi

the dirty end of the cow's tail — figuratively spolzko govorjenje (pogovor)

heads or tail? — glava ali napis? (vprašamo, če mečemo kovanec v zrak za odločitev v kaki stvari)

with his tail between his legs figuratively ves preplašen, kot polit cucek

to be unable to make head or tail of s.th. — ne se spoznati, ne se moči znajti v čem

to drop a pinch of salt on the tail of a bird (a hare); humorously natresti ptiču (zajcu) soli na rep (da bi ga ujeli)

to go into tails figuratively hitro rasti

my son has gone into tails — moj sin je oblekel svoj prvi žaket

to follow the tail of a plough — držati plug za ročaj, biti kmetovalec

he had the enemy on his tail — sovražnik mu je bil tik za petami

she looked at me out of the tail of her eye — skrivaj, s koncem očesa me je pogledala

to put one's tail between one's legs — stisniti rep med noge, zbežati

to turn tail — obrniti hrbet, planiti v beg, pete pokazati, popihati jo

to twist s.o.'s tail — figuratively nadlegovati ali dolgočasiti koga

to twist the lion's tail — mučiti, izzivati leva (aluzija na tuje časnikarje ali govornike, ki izzivalno žalijo Anglijo)

to walk at the tail of a cart — hoditi za vozom

the tail wags the dog — rep miga s psom, figuratively najneumnejši (najmanj pomembni) komandira, vlada;

najbolj zadajšnji, zadnji, končni, repni

dodati (čemu) rep; tvoriti konec (sprevoda, pogreba itd.); skrivaj slediti (komu); prirezati rep, prijeti ali vleči za rep; odtrgati pecelj (sadežu); čuvati (koga); privezati (z enim koncem) (to na); intransitive verb tvoriti rep; biti z enim koncem pritrjen v zid (npr. greda); sport pustiti se vleči (po strmini navzgor)

to tail to the tide, to tail up and down the stream — dvigati in spuščati se na plimi (o zasidrani ladji);

juridically omejitev dedne pravice, omejena lastninska pravica; premoženje, ki more pripasti samo otrokom lastnika

estate in tail male — imetje, ki lahko preide samo na moške dediče

a tenant in tail — uživalec premoženja, ki mora pripasti njegovim naravnim dedičem