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121 (as) changeable as a weathercock
«измeнчивый кaк флюгep», нe чeлoвeк, a флюгep; кудa вeтep дуeт; ceмь пятниц нa нeдeлe (o чeлoвeкe, чacтo мeняющeм cвoи взгляды, убeждeния, peшeния)If you're going to London - go and if you're not, stay at home. I can't make any plans with you as changeable as a weathercockConcise English-Russian phrasebook > (as) changeable as a weathercock
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122 he veers about like a weathercock
1) Общая лексика: он как флюгер, он не имеет твёрдых убеждений2) Макаров: он как флюгер, не имеет ни твёрдых убеждений, ни твёрдого мненияУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > he veers about like a weathercock
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123 as changeable as a weathercock
fırıldak gibi dönekEnglish-Turkish new dictionary > as changeable as a weathercock
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124 ветренник
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > ветренник
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125 ветрогон
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > ветрогон
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126 weather vane
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127 weather-vane
= weathercock см. weathercockБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > weather-vane
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128 флюгерная устойчивость
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > флюгерная устойчивость
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Weathercock — Weath er*cock , v. t. To supply with a weathercock; to serve as a weathercock for. [1913 Webster] Whose blazing wyvern weathercock the spire. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Weathercock — Weath er*cock , n. 1. A vane, or weather vane; so called because originally often in the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a spire with the wind, and showing its direction. As a wedercok that turneth his face with every wind. Chaucer. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
weathercock — ► NOUN ▪ a weathervane in the form of a cockerel … English terms dictionary
weathercock — [weth′ərkäk΄] n. 1. a weather vane in the shape of a rooster 2. a fickle or changeable person or thing … English World dictionary
weathercock — UK [ˈweðə(r)ˌkɒk] / US [ˈweðərˌkɑk] noun [countable] Word forms weathercock : singular weathercock plural weathercocks a model of a cock (= male chicken) used as a weather vane … English dictionary
weathercock — /wedh euhr kok /, n. 1. a weather vane with the figure of a rooster on it. 2. (loosely) any weather vane. 3. a person who readily adopts the latest fads, opinions, etc.: The count is the weathercock of the jet set. [1250 1300; ME wedercoc. See… … Universalium
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weathercock — noun Date: 13th century 1. a vane often in the figure of a cock mounted so as to turn freely with the wind and show its direction 2. a person or thing that changes readily or often … New Collegiate Dictionary
weathercock — noun A weather vane in the shape of a cockerel … Wiktionary
weathercock — Synonyms and related words: April showers, Proteus, Vicar of Bray, anemograph, anemometer, anemometrograph, anemoscope, barometer, chameleon, cloud shapes, cock, feeler, formalist, kaleidoscope, mercury, moon, pilot balloon, probe, quicksilver,… … Moby Thesaurus
weathercock — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. girouette, weather vane; opportunist. See changeableness … English dictionary for students