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1 white elephant
dyrbar lyx (dyrbar investering som visar sig vara överflödig och som man inte kan göra sig av med)* * *(a useless, unwanted possession.) onödig lyx, ekonomisk belastning -
2 white
adj. vit; klar; oskyldig; ren; ljus; blek; hederlig (slang)--------n. vit färg; vithet; klarhet, renhet; äggvita; vita kläder; vit människa; ögonvita* * *1. adjective1) (of the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: The bride wore a white dress.) vit2) (having light-coloured skin, through being of European etc descent: the first white man to explore Africa.) vit3) (abnormally pale, because of fear, illness etc: He went white with shock.) vit4) (with milk in it: A white coffee, please.) med mjölk2. noun1) (the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: White and black are opposites.) vitt2) (a white-skinned person: racial trouble between blacks and whites.) vit3) ((also egg-white) the clear fluid in an egg, surrounding the yolk: This recipe tells you to separate the yolks from the whites.) []vita4) ((of an eye) the white part surrounding the pupil and iris: The whites of her eyes are bloodshot.) ögonvita•- whiten- whiteness
- whitening
- whitish
- white-collar
- white elephant
- white horse
- white-hot
- white lie
- whitewash 3. verb(to cover with whitewash.) vitlimma, vitmena- white wine -
3 ivory
adj. av elfenben, elfenbens---------n. elfenben; tand (slang)* * *noun, adjective((of) the hard white substance forming the tusks of an elephant, walrus etc: Ivory was formerly used to make piano keys; ivory chessmen.) elfenben
См. также в других словарях:
White elephant — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
white elephant — ˌwhite ˈelephant noun [countable] something that is completely useless, even though it cost a lot of money: • The hotel is unfinished and structurally unsound a white elephant of epic proportions. * * * white elephant UK US noun [C] ► something… … Financial and business terms
white elephant — {n. phr.} Unwanted property, such as real estate, that is hard to sell. * /That big house of theirs on the corner sure is a white elephant./ … Dictionary of American idioms
white elephant — {n. phr.} Unwanted property, such as real estate, that is hard to sell. * /That big house of theirs on the corner sure is a white elephant./ … Dictionary of American idioms
white elephant — n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: From the supposed practice of the King of Siam, who gave to people he did not like a white elephant, which cost a very large amount of money to keep] something that is completely useless, although it may have cost a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
white elephant — white elephants N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe something as a white elephant, you mean that it is a waste of money because it is completely useless. The pavilion has become a ₤14 million steel and glass white elephant … English dictionary
White elephant — Something requiring much care and expense to maintain and yielding little profit, and often difficult to sell; any burdensome possession. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
white elephant — A white elephant is an expensive burden; something that costs far too much money to run, like the Millennium Dome in the UK … The small dictionary of idiomes
white elephant — white′ el′ephant n. 1) a possession unwanted by the owner but difficult to dispose of 2) a possession entailing great expense out of proportion to its value to the owner 3) mam an albino Indian elephant • Etymology: 1850–55; from the tale that… … From formal English to slang
white elephant — n. 1. an albino elephant 2. something from which little profit or use is derived; esp., such a possession maintained at much expense ☆ 3. any object no longer desired by its owner, but of possible value to others … English World dictionary
white elephant — noun count 1. ) an object that is useless and may have cost a lot of money 2. ) an important project that has failed very badly … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English