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  • 1 hole

    s rupa, otvor, prodor, šupljina; jama, duplja, jazbina; [coll] škripac; [fig] bijedna nastamba, rupa, gnijezdo / to pick #s in = prigovarati, kritizirati; [fig] to make a # in = duboko zadrti (u), dobrano istrošiti; a round (square) peg in a square (round) # = čovjek na krivu mjestu ili položaju; to be in a # = nalaziti se u škripcu
    * * *

    izdubiti
    izdubljen
    jama
    otvor
    rupa
    rupica
    Å¡upljina
    ubušenje

    English-Croatian dictionary > hole

  • 2 peg

    s drven ili željezni čavao, klin; kuka; kolčić; štipaljka (za pričvršćivanje rublja na uže); [fig] predmet razgovora, izlika; čivija (ključ za zatezanje žica na gudačkom instrumentu); [sl] čašica pića (osobito brendi i soda /round # in square hole = čovjek neprikladan za mjesto na kome se nalazi; [fig] a # to hang on = predmet razgovora, izlika; to take (a p) down a # or two = poniziti (koga); there are always more round # s than round holes = uvijek ima više kandidata nego raspoloživih mjesta
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    baciti
    čavao
    čep
    drveni klin
    klin
    kolac
    kuka
    odrediti
    oslonci za noge
    Å¡tipaljka
    Å¡tipaljka za rublje
    vješalica
    zapušač

    English-Croatian dictionary > peg

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