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1 a bag of bones
(a bag of bones (тж. skin and bone или bones))истощённый, измождённый человек, "скелет", кожа да кости [выражение a bag of bones создано Ч. Диккенсом; см. цитату]There, get downstairs, little bag of bones. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Oliver Twist’, ch. IV) — Эй, спускайся вниз, заморыш.
He was nothing but skin and bone. His clothes hung upon him like rags on a scarecrow. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Moon and Sixpence’, ch. XXVI) — От Стрикленда остались только кожа да кости, одежда болталась на нем как на вешалке.
‘Go on, Blunt Pick, you old bag of bones,’ Sally laughed. ‘You don't imagine any girl would look at you, do you?’ (K. S. Prichard, ‘Winged Seeds’, ch. XXIII) — - А ну тебя, Тупая Кирка, - засмеялась Салли. - Неужто ты воображаешь, скелет несчастный, что найдется девушка, которая захочет на тебя взглянуть?
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2 a bag of bones
(тж. skin and bone или bones)иcтoщённый, измoждённый чeлoвeк, «cкeлeт», кoжa дa кocти [выpaжeниe a bag of bones coздaнo Ч. Диккeнcoм] 'Go on, Blunt Pick, you old bag of bones,' Sally laughed. 'You don't imagine any girl would look at you, do you?' (K. S. Prichard). He was nothing but skin and bone. His clothes hung upon him like rags on a scarecrow (W. S. Maugham) -
3 кость
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1) анат. bone подвздошная кость ≈ huckle-bone височная кость лобковая кость гороховидная кость малоберцовая кость решетчатая кость грудная кость клиновидная кость большеберцовая кость перелом кости - лучевая кость локтевая кость бедренная кость крестцовая кость лобная кость тазобедренная кость - тазовые кости теменная кость берцовая кость копытная кость кубовидная кость
2) (игральная) die мн. dice проигрывать в кости ≈ to dice away ∙ кидать кости играть в кости игрок в кости размять кости ≈ to stretch one's legs сложить кости ≈ to meet one's death слоновая кость белая кость лечь костьми пересчитать кости промокнуть до костей продрогнуть до мозга костей язык без костей пронизывать до костейкост|ь - ж.
1. bone;
2. собир. (бивни, клыки) tusks pl. ;
слоновая ~ ivory;
3. мн. (игральные) dice, bones;
4. (шарик на счётах) bead;
кожа да ~и, одни ~и nothing but skin and bones;
лечь костьми
1) be* killed;
lay* down one`s life;
2) обыкн. шутл. kill one self;
~ей не собрать you`ll never come out alive.
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