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81 a înşira la gogoşi / poveşti
to tell talesto draw the long bow.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a înşira la gogoşi / poveşti
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82 suurennella
yks.nom. suurennella; yks.gen. suurentelen; yks.part. suurenteli; yks.ill. suurentelisi; mon.gen. suurennelkoon; mon.part. suurennellut; mon.ill. suurenneltiinamplify (verb)blow up (verb)exaggerate (verb)magnify (verb)* * *• amplify• blow up• draw the long bow• enlarge• exaggerate• magnify -
83 hárijánoskodik
(EN) draw the long bow; shoot a line -
84 nagyít
(DE) aufbauschen; vergrößert; übertreiben; übertreibt; überziehende; (EN) aggrandize; amplify; cut it fat; draw the long bow; enlarge; exaggerate; magnify; overdraw -
85 jardiner
v. trans. & intrans.1. To 'pull to pieces', to 'run down', to disparage.2. To 'shoot a line', to 'draw the long bow', to exaggerate. -
86 aufschneiden
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87 nagyít
to draw the long bow, to enlarge, to cut it fat -
88 nagyokat hazudik
to take in, to draw the long bow -
89 túloz
to draw the long bow, to stretch, to camp it up -
90 преувеличавам
exaggerate; magnify; overstateразг. stretch the truth; lay it on. thick; pile it on(разказвам измислици) draw a long bowне преувеличавай! разг. draw it mild!* * *преувелича̀вам,гл. exaggerate; magnify; overstate; distend; разг. stretch the truth; lay it on thick; pile it on; ( разказвам измислици) draw a long bow; embroider (a story); sl. shoot a line; не преувеличавай! разг. draw it mild! той много преувеличава all his geese are swans.* * *exaggerate: Do not преувеличавам the facts! - Не преувеличавай фактите!; heighten; hyperbolize; overstate{`ouvxsteit}* * *1. (разказвам измислици) draw a long bow 2. exaggerate;magnify;overstate 3. не преувеличавай! разг. draw it mild! 4. разг. stretch the truth;lay it on. thick;pile it on -
91 съчинявам
1. write, compose2. (измислям) invent, make up, fabricate; concoctdream up, invent, разг. draw/pull the long bow* * *съчиня̀вам,гл.1. write, compose;2. ( измислям) invent, make up, fabricate; concoct; \съчинявам (си) tell stories; dream up, invent, разг. draw/pull the long bow.* * *compose ; make {meik}; make up ; devise ; indite (стихотворение); invent (измислям); mint (прен.); pen* * *1. (измислям) invent, make up, fabricate;concoct 2. dream up, invent, разг. draw/pull the long bow 3. write, compose 4. СЪЧИНЯВАМ (си) tell stories -
92 лить пули
лить (отливать) пули, сов. в. - слить пулюпрост.1) (врать, рассказывать что-либо совершенно неправдоподобное) cf. tell fibs; lay it on thick; draw (pull) a (the) long bow; shoot (throw) the bull Amer.Городничий (в сторону).
Прошу посмотреть, какие пули отливает! и старика отца приплёл!.. (Н. Гоголь, Ревизор) — Mayor (aside). Talk about laying it on thick! Dragging in his old father - I ask you![Ноздрёв] наврёт совершенно без всякой нужды: вдруг расскажет, что у него была лошадь какой-нибудь голубой или розовой шерсти, и тому подобную чепуху, так что слушающие, наконец, все отходят, произнесши: "Ну, брат, ты, кажется, уж начал пули лить". (Н. Гоголь, Мёртвые души) — He would tell a pack of lies utterly without any need therefor: he would suddenly relate that he had a horse with some kind of blue hide, or pink, and such-like poppycock, so that his auditors would, to a man, walk away from him at last, saying: 'Well, brother, it seems you've started pulling the long bow!'
2) (говорить или делать что-либо необычное, смешное, неожиданное) do queer (funny) things; play tricks; cut capers; crack (cut) jokesГордей Карпыч.
Что же он делает? Егорушка. Гостей разгоняет-с... Вы, говорит, рады чужой хлеб есть... Разлюляев. Славные штучки Любим Карпыч отмачивает! Ха... ха... ха... Такие пули отливает, что только люли! (А. Островский, Бедность не порок) — Gordei Karpych. What's he doing? Yegorushka. Driving the guests away... You've only come, he says, to get a free meal... Razlyulyayev. By Jove, he thinks of the cleverest tricks, that Lubim Karpych! Ha, ha, ha! Whizz, bang! And all his bullets go home! -
93 преувелича
преувелича̀,преувелича̀вам гл. exaggerate; magnify; overstate; distend; разг. stretch the truth; lay it on thick; pile it on; ( разказвам измислици) draw a long bow; embroider (a story); sl. shoot a line; не преувеличавай! разг. draw it mild! той много преувеличава all his geese are swans. -
94 a spune baliverne / basme / braşoave
1. to talk nonsense / bilge / twaddle at randomto talk wildlyto talkthrough one's hat / through (the back of) one's neck / with one's tongue in one's cheek.2. ( a exagera)to draw / to pull the long bowto throw the hatchetto cut it too fat.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a spune baliverne / basme / braşoave
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95 небилиця
жcock-and-bull story; ( tall) tale, fiction, fable,розповідати небилиці — to fable, to draw ( to pull) the long bow
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96 a face din ţânţar armăsar
to make a mountain out of a molehillto draw / to pull the long bowto turn geese into swans.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a face din ţânţar armăsar
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97 a mânca borş
to tell a whopper.2. ( a exagera) to draw / to stretch the long bow. -
98 a tăia la gogoşi / minciuni / palavre
to spin a yarnto throw a hatchetto swaggerto stretchto vapour( a exagera) to draw / to pull / to shoot the long bow.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a tăia la gogoşi / minciuni / palavre
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99 a îndruga (la) minciuni / verzi şi uscate
to draw / to pull the long bowto talk bunk urn / rot / claptrapto tittle-tattleRomână-Engleză dicționar expresii > a îndruga (la) minciuni / verzi şi uscate
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100 съчиня
съчиня̀,съчиня̀вам гл.1. write, compose;2. ( измислям) invent, make up, fabricate; concoct; \съчиня (си) tell stories; dream up, invent, разг. draw/pull the long bow.
См. также в других словарях:
draw the long bow — To make extravagant statements • • • Main Entry: ↑bow draw the long bow see under ↑bow2 • • • Main Entry: ↑draw draw the long bow see under ↑bow2 • • • Main Entr … Useful english dictionary
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pull the long bow — see draw the long bow … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
To draw the longbow — draw draw (dr[add]), v. t. [imp. {Drew} (dr[udd]); p. p. {Drawn} (dr[add]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drawing}.] [OE. dra[yogh]en, drahen, draien, drawen, AS. dragan; akin to Icel. & Sw. draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to OS. dragan to bear,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bow — (b[=o]), n. [OE. bowe, boge, AS. boga, fr. AS. b[=u]gan to bend; akin to D. boog, G. bogen, Icel. bogi. See {Bow}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow. [1913 Webster] I do set my bow in the cloud. Gen … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bow bearer — Bow Bow (b[=o]), n. [OE. bowe, boge, AS. boga, fr. AS. b[=u]gan to bend; akin to D. boog, G. bogen, Icel. bogi. See {Bow}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow. [1913 Webster] I do set my bow in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bow drill — Bow Bow (b[=o]), n. [OE. bowe, boge, AS. boga, fr. AS. b[=u]gan to bend; akin to D. boog, G. bogen, Icel. bogi. See {Bow}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow. [1913 Webster] I do set my bow in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bow instrument — Bow Bow (b[=o]), n. [OE. bowe, boge, AS. boga, fr. AS. b[=u]gan to bend; akin to D. boog, G. bogen, Icel. bogi. See {Bow}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow. [1913 Webster] I do set my bow in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bow window — Bow Bow (b[=o]), n. [OE. bowe, boge, AS. boga, fr. AS. b[=u]gan to bend; akin to D. boog, G. bogen, Icel. bogi. See {Bow}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow. [1913 Webster] I do set my bow in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To draw the longbow — Longbow Long bow , n. The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; so called in distinction from the {crossbow} when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English