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1 pozzo
"well, shaft;Schacht;poço"* * *m wellpozzo petrolifero oil well* * *pozzo s.m.1 well: attingere acqua da un pozzo, to draw water from a well; pozzo artesiano, artesian well; pozzo profondo, deep well; carrucola del pozzo, well-pulley; secchia del pozzo, wellbucket; i pozzi sono asciutti, the wells are dry; il pozzo si è esaurito, the well has dried up; scavare un pozzo, to sink a well; è un pozzo di scienza, (fig.) he is a mine of learning; mangia molto, è un pozzo senza fondo, (fig.) he eats so much, he's like a bottomless pit; guadagnare un pozzo di soldi, (fig.) to earn piles of money; mostrare a qlcu. la luna nel pozzo, (fig.) to hoodwink s.o. // pozzo nero, cesspool // pozzo di S. Patrizio, ( pesca di beneficenza) lucky dip; la sua borsa è un pozzo di S. Patrizio, his purse is like the widow's cruse2 (tecn. delle perforazioni) well: pozzo petrolifero, oil well; pozzo a eruzione spontanea, gusher; pozzo eruttivo, flowing well; perforare un pozzo, to drill a well3 (miner.) shaft; pit: pozzo di aerazione, ventilazione, ventilation shaft (o airshaft); pozzo di ventilazione discendente, ascendente, downcast, upcast shaft; pozzo di colmata, flushing shaft; pozzo di drenaggio, drainage shaft; pozzo di estrazione, hoisting shaft; pozzo inclinato, incline (o incline shaft o sloping shaft); pozzo verticale, vertical shaft; bocca di pozzo, pithead6 (mar.): pozzo caldo, hot well; pozzo dell'elica, propeller aperture; pozzo delle catene, chain locker7 ( dell'ascensore) shaft.* * *['pottso]sostantivo maschile1) (per l'acqua) well2) (per estrazione o usi tecnici) shaft, pit3) colloq.•pozzo nero — cesspit, cesspool
pozzo petrolifero o di petrolio oil well; pozzo di scienza — prodigy o wellspring of learning
••* * *pozzo/'pottso/sostantivo m.1 (per l'acqua) well2 (per estrazione o usi tecnici) shaft, pit3 colloq. avere un pozzo di quattrini to have pots of moneyessere (come) il o un pozzo di san Patrizio to be like a widow's cruse\pozzo artesiano artesian well; pozzo nero cesspit, cesspool; pozzo petrolifero o di petrolio oil well; pozzo di scienza prodigy o wellspring of learning. -
2 соломенная вдова
Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > соломенная вдова
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3 вдова
1. dowager2. relict3. widowчёрный паук, «чёрная вдова» — black widow
Синонимический ряд:вдовица (сущ.) вдовица -
4 кадка вдовы
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5 кадка вдовы из Сарепты Сидонской
Religion: widow's cruseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > кадка вдовы из Сарепты Сидонской
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6 кувшин вдовицы
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7 неиссякаемый запас
General subject: widow's cruseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > неиссякаемый запас
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8 неистощимый источник
General subject: gold mine, gold-mine, wellspring, widow's cruseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > неистощимый источник
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9 неисчерпаемый запас
1) General subject: an inexhaustible supply, the widow's cruse2) Makarov: fund, inexhaustible supplyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > неисчерпаемый запас
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10 essere (come) il o un pozzo di san Patrizio
Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > essere (come) il o un pozzo di san Patrizio
См. также в других словарях:
Cruse — may refer to: Cruse (name), surname (includes a list of people with this name) Cruse Bereavement Care, UK charity Cruse De Ocoa, small town in the Dominican Republic Cruse Memorial Heliport, private heliport in Douglas County, Oregon, United… … Wikipedia
widow's cruse — n. an apparently inexhaustible supply: 2 Kings 4:1 7 … English World dictionary
widow's cruse — an inexhaustible supply of something: in allusion to the miracle of the cruse of oil in I Kings 17:10 16 and II Kings 4:1 7. * * * widow s cruse noun A source of supply that never fails (from the story in the Bible, 1 Kings 17.10–16) • • • Main… … Useful english dictionary
widow's cruse — noun Etymology: from the widow s cruse of oil that miraculously supplies Elijah during a famine (I Kings 17:8 16) Date: 1729 an inexhaustible supply … New Collegiate Dictionary
widow — n. & v. n. 1 a woman who has lost her husband by death and has not married again. 2 a woman whose husband is often away on a specified activity (golf widow). 3 extra cards dealt separately and taken by the highest bidder. 4 Printing the short… … Useful english dictionary
widow's cruse — an inexhaustible supply of something: in allusion to the miracle of the cruse of oil in I Kings 17:10 16 and II Kings 4:1 7. * * * … Universalium
widow's cruse — noun An inexhaustible supply, oftentimes of something that appears meager. Thus profits, as a source of capital increment for entrepreneurs, are a widows cruse which remains undepleted however much of them may be devoted to riotous living … Wiktionary
widow's cruse — noun an apparently small supply that proves inexhaustible. Origin with biblical allusion to 1 Kings 17:10–16 … English new terms dictionary
1 Kings 17 — 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. 2 And the word of the LORD came unto… … The King James version of the Bible
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