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1 bald
{bɔ:ld}
1. плешив, лис
BALD as a coot съвсем плешив
2. гол, без растителност/пера/мъх
3. с бяло петно на главата, лис (за кон и пр.)
4. прост, без украшения
5. еднообразен, безинтересен, безцветен (за стил)
6. нескрит, явен* * *{bъ:ld} а 1. плешив; лис; bald as a coot съвсем плешив; 2. гол, без* * *плешив; банален; гол; лис;* * *1. bald as a coot съвсем плешив 2. гол, без растителност/пера/мъх 3. еднообразен, безинтересен, безцветен (за стил) 4. нескрит, явен 5. плешив, лис 6. прост, без украшения 7. с бяло петно на главата, лис (за кон и пр.)* * *bald[bɔ:ld] adj 1. плешив; лис; (as) \bald as a coot съвсем плешив; 2. изтъркан, износен (за грайфер на гума); 3. прост, обикновен, без украшения; \bald statement of the facts безпристрастно излагане на фактите, неукрасена истина; 4. гол, без растителност, козина, пера, мъх; 5. лис, с бяло петно; 6. банален, шаблонен, изтъркан, еднообразен, постен, безинтересен, скучен, безцветен, сух; 7. неприкрит, явен, очевиден, очебиен, забележим, ярък. -
2 coot
{ku:t}
1. белочела водна кокошка (Fulica atra)
2. разг. глупак, глупчо* * *{ku:t} n 1. белочела водна кокошка (Fulica atra); 2. разг. глупа* * *1. белочела водна кокошка (fulica atra) 2. разг. глупак, глупчо* * *coot [ku:t] n 1. зоол. водна кокошка Fulica atra; bald as a \coot съвсем плешив; 2. глупак; 3. sl маце, "парче". -
3 bald-coot
bald-coot[´bɔ:ld¸ku:t] n 1. водна кокошка; 2. плешив човек.
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
