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1 throw a wobbly
expr BrE infmlIf every little setback makes you throw a wobbly then you don't have style — Если ты впадаешь в истерику из-за каждой неудачи, то грош тебе цена
When they'd gone she threw a wobbly, kicking and screaming — Когда они ушли, она закатила такую истерику с воплями и криками
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2 throw a wobbly
Общая лексика: закатить истерику -
3 wobbly
Качающийся, шаткий, нестабильный. A wobbly table/ chair — качающийся стол/стул. В Шотландии говорят coggly, a в Северной Ирландии shuggly. Однако to throw a wobbly — это впасть в истерику, в панику.When I said that I couldn't take her to America, Natasha threw a wobbly and started throwing things. — Когда я сказал, что не смогу взять её в Америку, Наташа впала в истерику и начала швырять вещи.
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4 dizzy
1. a чувствующий головокружение, дурноту2. a сбитый с толку; ошеломлённый3. a головокружительный, вызывающий головокружение; дурманящий4. a бешено вертящийся5. a качающийся, плывущий6. a разг. дурной, глупый7. v вызывать головокружение, дурноту; дурманить8. v ошеломлять, приводить в смятение, оглушатьСинонимический ряд:1. crazy (adj.) crazy; flighty; unstable2. excessive (adj.) excessive; exorbitant; extravagant; extreme; immoderate; inordinate; sky-high; steep; stiff; stratospheric; supernatural; towering; unconscionable; undue; unmeasurable3. giddy (adj.) bemused; bird-witted; dizzying; empty-headed; faint; featherbrained; fribble; fribbling; frivolous; giddy; groggy; harebrained; hazy; heady; hoity-toity; light; lightheaded; light-headed; muzzy; rattlebrained; reeling; scatterbrained; silly; skittish; swimming; swimmy; upset; vertiginous; volage; whirling; woozy; yeasty4. shaky (adj.) shaky; unsteady; wobbly5. confuse (verb) addle; ball up; befuddle; bewilder; confound; confuse; daze; discombobulate; distract; fluster; fuddle; mix up; muddle; mull; perplex; throw; throw off; throw outАнтонимический ряд:calm; steady
См. также в других словарях:
throw a wobbly — (informal) To have a fit of hysterics or a tantrum, or behave otherwise unnervingly • • • Main Entry: ↑wobble * * * throw a wobbly phrase to react in a very angry way to something that someone says or does Mum threw a wobbly when I spilt my drink … Useful english dictionary
throw a wobbly — / wobbler When someone, usually a capricious person, throws a wobbly, they have a fit of nerves or bad temper and lose all self control. He s very calm not the sort of man to throw a wobbly if he doesn t have a clean shirt! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
throw a wobbly/wobbler — When someone, usually a capricious person, throws a wobbly, they have a fit of nerves or bad temper and lose all self control. He s very calm not the sort of man to throw a wobbly if he doesn t have a clean shirt! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
throw a wobbly — Vrb phrs. Become very angry. Also throw a wobbler and chuck a wobbly. E.g. He threw a wobbly when he found her having sex with the plumber on the kitchen floor … English slang and colloquialisms
throw a wobbly/wobbler — vb British to suddenly behave irrationally or to have a temper tantrum. This phrase has become popular in Britain since the end of the 1970s, but dates from the 1950s. Its exact derivation is unclear, but may reflect simply an attack of shaking… … Contemporary slang
throw a wobbly — British & Australian, informal to suddenly become very angry. She saw Peter talking to an attractive blonde and threw a wobbly … New idioms dictionary
throw a wobbly — to react in a very angry way to something that someone says or does Mum threw a wobbly when I spilt my drink on the carpet … English dictionary
throw a wobbly — verb To burst out into a verbal uproar … Wiktionary
Throw a wobbly — 1. become angry; have a tantrum; make a scene; 2. (of a machine, etc.) fail to function properly; break down … Dictionary of Australian slang
throw a wobbly — Australian Slang 1. become angry; have a tantrum; make a scene; 2. (of a machine, etc.) fail to function properly; break down … English dialects glossary
wobbly — I UK [ˈwɒblɪ] / US [ˈwɑblɪ] adjective Word forms wobbly : adjective wobbly comparative wobblier superlative wobbliest 1) a) moving from side to side in a way that is not steady a wobbly chair/table/wheel b) not held firmly in place a wobbly tooth … English dictionary
