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1 wall
s 1. zid, bedem (&fig); [bot] stijenka 2. [arch] dio pločnika uza zid (kuda se pušta da idu starije i poštovanja vrijedne osobe) / to run one's head against a # = htjeti(udarati) glavom kroza zid, pokušati učiniti nešto nemoguće; to see through brick # = biti vrlo pronicljiv; #s have ears = zidovi imaju uši; with one's back to the # = u škripcu, u tešku položaju; [min] hanging # = gornja stijena koja zatvara žilu; [arc] to give one the # = ustupiti komu mjesto da može hodati kraj zida (kao počast); [arch] to take the # of = ne ustupiti komu mjesto kraj zida; to be up against a brick # = ne moći dalje; [fig] to go to the # = propasti, podleći, biti pritisnut o zid, biti zapostavljen, pasti pod stečaj; [fig] the weakest goes to the # = najslabiji biva pobjeđen; [fig] to send a p to the # =stjerati koga u škripac, pritisnuti o zid; [fig] to meet a dead # = naići na razumjevanje; to paint the devil on the # = igrati se s đavolom; [sl] go up the # = razbjesniti se* * *
bedem
granica
obzidati
opasati zidom
stijena
stijenka
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2 see through
vt 1. progledati, prozreti (čije namjere) 2. pomoći kome da izađe iz teška položaja / to see a th through = ne pustiti neki posao dok se ne dovrši; to # a brick wall = biti neobično pronicav* * *
dokuÄiti
prozreti
См. также в других словарях:
wall — See: BACK TO THE WALL, BEAT ONE S HEAD AGAINST A WALL, CLIMB THE WALL, FORWARD WALL, HANDWRITING ON THE WALL, HOLE IN THE WALL, STONE WALL or BRICK WALL, TO THE WALL … Dictionary of American idioms
wall — See: BACK TO THE WALL, BEAT ONE S HEAD AGAINST A WALL, CLIMB THE WALL, FORWARD WALL, HANDWRITING ON THE WALL, HOLE IN THE WALL, STONE WALL or BRICK WALL, TO THE WALL … Dictionary of American idioms
wall — See: back to the wall, beat one s head against a wall, climb the wall, forward wall, handwriting on the wall, hole in the wall, stone wall or brick wall, to the wall … Словарь американских идиом
brick wall — UK US noun [C, usually singular] ► a point or level that it is very difficult to go past: »The housing market declined as the boom in prices hit a brick wall. ► a problem or situation that is very difficult to solve: »Their hopes to expand the… … Financial and business terms
Brick — (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes brice, fr. the root of E. break. See {Break}.] 1. A block or clay tempered with water, sand,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brick clay — Brick Brick (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes brice, fr. the root of E. break. See {Break}.] 1. A block or clay tempered with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brick dust — Brick Brick (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes brice, fr. the root of E. break. See {Break}.] 1. A block or clay tempered with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brick earth — Brick Brick (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes brice, fr. the root of E. break. See {Break}.] 1. A block or clay tempered with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brick loaf — Brick Brick (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes brice, fr. the root of E. break. See {Break}.] 1. A block or clay tempered with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brick nogging — Brick Brick (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes brice, fr. the root of E. break. See {Break}.] 1. A block or clay tempered with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Brick tea — Brick Brick (br[i^]k), n. [OE. brik, F. brique; of Ger. origin; cf. AS. brice a breaking, fragment, Prov. E. brique piece, brique de pain, equiv. to AS. hl[=a]fes brice, fr. the root of E. break. See {Break}.] 1. A block or clay tempered with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
