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1 kanaemo
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2 kyllingemoder
mother hen;[ kunstig kyllingemoder] chicken brooder. -
3 Glucke
f; -, -n mother hen (auch fig.); brütende: sitting hen; sie ist eine richtige Glucke umg., fig. she’s a real old mother hen* * *die Gluckesitting hen* * *Glụ|cke ['glʊkə]f -, -n(= Bruthenne) broody or sitting hen; (mit Jungen) mother henwie eine Glucke ist sie ständig um ihre Kinder herum — she fusses (a)round her children like a mother hen
* * *Glu·cke<-, -n>[ˈglʊkə]f1. (brütende Henne) sitting [or broody] hen* * *die; Glucke, Glucken brood-hen; mother hen* * ** * *die; Glucke, Glucken brood-hen; mother hen* * *-en f.sitter n.sitting hen n. -
4 chioccia
f fig mother hen* * *chioccia s.f.1 brood-hen, broody-hen: una chioccia con i pulcini, a hen with her brood of chickens2 (fig.) over-protective mother.* * *1) (gallina) broody hen, mother hen, sitting hen2) fig. (donna) mother hen* * *chiocciapl. -ce /'kjɔtt∫a, t∫e/sostantivo f.1 (gallina) broody hen, mother hen, sitting hen2 fig. (donna) mother hen. -
5 gallina
adj.chicken-hearted.f.1 hen.cría gallinas he keeps chickens (gallinas, pollos y gallos)matar la gallina de los huevos de oro (informal figurative) to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs2 coward, wimp, quitter, yellow-belly.f. & m.chicken, coward (informal) (person).* * *1 hen1 familiar chicken, coward\acostarse con las gallinas to go to bed very earlycomo gallina en corral ajeno familiar like a fish out of waterjugar a la gallina ciega to play blind man's buffmatar la gallina de los huevos de oro familiar to kill the goose that lays the golden eggsgallina clueca broody hengallina de agua cootgallina de Guinea guinea fowlgallina de mar stargazerpiel de gallina gooseflesh, goose pimples plural* * *noun f.* * *1. SF1) (=ave) hengallina ciega — CAm, Caribe (=gusano) white worm
gallina clueca — broody o (EEUU) brooding hen
2) (Culin) chickengallina en pepitoria — chicken in a sauce made with wine, bread, egg, almonds and pine nuts
2.SMF * (=cobarde) chicken *, coward* * *Iadjetivo (fam) chicken (colloq)II1) (Zool) hen; (Coc) chickenacostarse/levantarse con las gallinas — (fam) to go to bed early/to get up at the crack of dawn
estar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno — (fam) to be/feel like a fish out of water
matar la gallina de los huevos de oro — to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
* * *= hen, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Ex. He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.Ex. Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.Ex. And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.----* dilema de qué es primero el huevo o la gallina = chicken and egg situation.* gallina de campo = free-range hen.* gallina de corral = free-range hen.* gallina de granja = free-range hen.* gallina ponedora = egg-laying hen.* * *Iadjetivo (fam) chicken (colloq)II1) (Zool) hen; (Coc) chickenacostarse/levantarse con las gallinas — (fam) to go to bed early/to get up at the crack of dawn
estar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno — (fam) to be/feel like a fish out of water
matar la gallina de los huevos de oro — to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
* * *= hen, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.
Ex: He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.Ex: Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.Ex: And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.* dilema de qué es primero el huevo o la gallina = chicken and egg situation.* gallina de campo = free-range hen.* gallina de corral = free-range hen.* gallina de granja = free-range hen.* gallina ponedora = egg-laying hen.* * *¡qué gallina eres! chicken! o don't be so chicken!caldo de gallina chicken brothacostarse con or (Bol, RPl) como las gallinas to go to bed earlyestar/sentirse como gallina en corral ajeno ( fam); to be/feel like a fish out of waterla gallina de los huevos de oro the goose that lays/laid the golden eggslevantarse con or (Bol, RPl) como las gallinas ( fam); to get up at the crack of dawn, be up with the larkCompuestos:(empollando) broody hen; (cuidando la pollada) mother henme tocó sentarme al lado de un grupo de gallinas cluecas ( fam); I had to sit next to a group of squawking women ( colloq)estar como or parecer una gallina clueca ( fam); to be like a mother henguinea fowl● gallina or gallinita ciegablind man's bufflaying henB* * *
gallina sustantivo femenino
1 (Zool) hen;
(Coc) chicken;
( cuidando la pollada) mother hen;
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gallina
I sustantivo femenino
1 Zool hen
2 (juego) la gallina/gallinita ciega, blind man's buff
II mf fam coward, chicken
III adjetivo coward: no seas tan gallina y pídeselo de una vez, stop being such a chicken - just go ahead and ask him
♦ Locuciones: familiar ¡cuando las gallinas meen!, and pigs might fly!
estar como gallina en corral ajeno, to feel like a fish out of water
la gallina de los huevos de oro, the goose that lays the golden eggs;
' gallina' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cacarear
- cacareo
- carne
- carné
- empollar
- piel
- aletear
English:
chicken
- egg
- goosebumps
- gooseflesh
- goosepimples
- hen
- goose
- speckle
* * *♦ adjFam [persona] chicken, wimp;es muy gallina he's such a chicken o wimp♦ nfhen;cría gallinas [gallinas, pollos y gallos] he keeps chickens;Famacostarse con las gallinas to go to bed early;Famlevantarse con las gallinas to get up at cock-crow, to be up with the lark;Famcomo gallina en corral ajeno like a fish out of watergallina de agua coot; Fam la gallina ciega blind man's buff;gallina clueca broody hen;gallina de Guinea guinea fowl;la gallina de los huevos de oro the golden goose, the goose that lays the golden eggs;Fammatar la gallina de los huevos de oro to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs;gallina pintada guinea fowl♦ nmfFam [persona] chicken, coward* * *I f hen;matar la gallina de los huevos de oro kill the goose that lays the golden eggsII m/f famchicken* * *gallina nf1) : hen2)gallina de Guinea : guinea fowl* * *gallina n1. (ave) hen2. (cobarde) chicken / coward -
6 poule
poule [pul]1. feminine nouna. ( = animal) hen ; ( = viande) fowl2. compounds► poule mouillée ( = lâche) coward* * *pul1) Zoologie hen2) Culinaire boiling fowl3) (colloq) ( terme d'affection)4) Sport ( groupe d'adversaires) group; ( tournoi) tournament5) Jeux pool, kitty•Phrasal Verbs:••quand les poules auront des dents — (colloq) when pigs fly
tuer la poule pour avoir l'œuf, tuer la poule aux œufs d'or — to kill the goose that lays the golden egg
* * *pul nf1) ZOOLOGIE hen2) CUISINE chicken4) * (= fille) chick5) * (= prostituée) tart* * *poule nf2 Culin boiling fowl;5 ◑( prostituée) hooker◑, whore; une poule de luxe a high-class hooker◑;7 Jeux pool, kitty.poule de bruyère greyhen GB, grayhen US; poule d'eau moorhen; poule d'essai Turf race for three-year olds; poule faisane hen pheasant; poule mouillée○ pej wimp○ péj; poule naine bantam; poule pondeuse laying hen; poule au pot Culin chicken casserole.quand les poules auront des dents when pigs fly; se coucher avec les poules to go to bed early; se lever avec les poules to get up with the lark; être comme une poule qui a trouvé un couteau to be completely nonplussed; tuer la poule pour avoir l'œuf, tuer la poule aux œufs d'or to kill the goose that lays the golden egg.[pul] nom fémininquand les poules auront des dents: ton argent, tu le reverras quand les poules auront des dents you can kiss your money good-byetu crois qu'on va avoir une augmentation? — c'est ça, quand les poules auront des dents! do you think we're going to have a pay rise? — and pigs might fly!3. (familier) [maîtresse] mistress4. (familier) [terme d'affection]ma poule (my) pet, (my) loveen poule A, Metz bat Béziers in group ou pool A Metz beat Bézierspoule d'essai 1,600 m maiden race -
7 mère
mère [mεʀ]1. feminine noun• oui, ma mère ( = mère supérieure) yes, Mother2. compounds* * *mɛʀ
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1) ( génitrice) mother2) (colloq) ( femme)3) ( dans un couvent)
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(-)mère (in compounds)cellule/maison mère — parent cell/company
Phrasal Verbs:••* * *mɛʀ1. nf2. adj invmother modif* * *A nf1 ( génitrice) mother; elle est mère de trois enfants she is the mother of three (children); devenir mère to become a mother; elle est comme une mère pour moi she's like a mother to me; elles sont sages-femmes de mère en fille they have been midwives for generations; mariée et mère de deux enfants married with two children; retourner chez sa mère to go home to mother; les chiots et leur mère the puppies and their mother; la Grèce, mère des arts fig Greece, mother of the arts;2 ○( femme) la mère Michel old mother Michel; comment allez-vous, mère Colas? how are you, Mrs Colas?;3 ( dans un couvent) mère supérieure Mother Superior; oui, ma mère yes, Reverend Mother; mère abbesse abbess; mère Teresa Mother Teresa;B (-)mère ( in compounds) cellule mère Biol parent cell; maison mère parent company; plante mère Bot parent plant.mère adoptive foster mother; mère biologique biological mother; mère célibataire single mother; mère donneuse donor mother; mère de famille gén mother; ( ménagère) housewife; mère patrie motherland, fatherland; mère porteuse Méd surrogate mother; mère poule hum mother hen; mère du vinaigre Chimie mother of vinegar.il tuerait père et mère pour avoir qch he'd kill to get sth.[mɛr] nom féminin1. [généralementitrice] motherfrères/sœurs par la mère half-brothers/half-sisters on the mother's sidemère de famille mother, housewife2. (familier) [madame]4. (littéraire) [origine] mother5. CHIMIE6. TECHNOLOGIE mould————————[mɛr] adjectif féminina. [huile] first pressingb. [vin] bottoms (wine from the mother) -
8 gallina clueca
f.brooding hen, brooder, sitting-down hen, broody.* * *broody hen* * *( empollando) broody hen; ( cuidando la pollada) mother hen* * *( empollando) broody hen; ( cuidando la pollada) mother hen -
9 mamu|śka
f 1. pot., pejor. (matka) mother- nie jestem twoją mamuśką, jestem twoją żoną I’m not your mother, I’m your wife- mamuśka, nie mów mi, co mam robić stop telling me what to do, mumsy GB pot., żart.; stop telling me what to do, mommy dear US pot., iron.2. pot. (nadopiekuńcza kobieta) mother hen- taka z niej mamuśka, wszystkimi się opiekuje she’s like a mother hen, taking care of everybody3. pot. (burdelmama) madamThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > mamu|śka
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10 kwo|ka
The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > kwo|ka
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11 kwoka
f.1. (= kokoszka) clucking hen, mother hen; kwoka z pisklętami brood hen, broody hen; sztuczna kwoka incubator.2. ( z lekceważeniem o kobiecie) hen, grouser, grumbler.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > kwoka
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12 К-480
КАК КУРИЦА С ЯЙЦОМ носиться с кем-чем coll (как -I- NP Invar adv fixed WP) (to show s.o. or sth.) excessive care and concern in an overzealous manner, (to pay) excessive attention to sth. insignificantX носится с Y-ом - -X makes a big to-do over YX makes a great fuss over Y X makes a big deal over (of) Y X fusses over Y like a mother hen (a hen with an egg) X broods over Y like a hen over an egg.Он придумал какое-то пустяковое усовершенствование и теперь носится с ним как курица с яйцом. Не came up with some insignificant improvement and now he's making a big to-do over it.«Объявляю тебе, что все вы, до единого, - болтунишки и фанфаронишки! Заведётся у вас страданьице - вы с ним как курица с яйцом носитесь!» (Достоевский 3). "I hereby declare to you that you're all, every last one of you, a crowd of windbags and show-offs! As soon as you come up against some pathetic little bit of suffering you fuss over it like a hen with an egg!" (3d). -
13 как курица с яйцом
[ как + NP; Invar; adv; fixed WP]=====⇒ (to show s.o. or sth.) excessive care and concern in an overzealous manner, (to pay) excessive attention to sth. insignificant:- X makes a big deal over <of> Y;- X fusses over Y like a mother hen < a hen with an egg>;- X broods over Y like a hen over an egg.♦ Он придумал какое-то пустяковое усовершенствование и теперь носится с ним как курица с яйцом. He came up with some insignificant improvement and now he's making a big to-do over it.♦ "Объявляю тебе, что все вы, до единого, - болтунишки и фанфаронишки! Заведётся у вас страданьице - вы с ним как курица с яйцом носитесь!" (Достоевский 3). "I hereby declare to you that you're all, every last one of you, a crowd of windbags and show-offs! As soon as you come up against some pathetic little bit of suffering you fuss over it like a hen with an egg!" (3d).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как курица с яйцом
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14 kvočka
f mother hen (i fig); brood-hen, broody hen* * *• hen -
15 Glucke
f1. broody hen2. mother hen3. sitter4. sitting hen -
16 клуша
1) General subject: clucking hen2) Biology: kelp pigeon (Larus fuscus), lesser black-backed gull (Lamsfuscus)3) Agriculture: mother hen4) Australian slang: (о неуклюжей, неповоротливой женщине) chook5) American English: homely woman6) Makarov: cluck7) Caspian: lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) -
17 Glucke
Glu·cke <-, -n> [ʼglʊkə] f -
18 курица, защищающая (своих) цыплят
General subject: a mother hen protecting her youngУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > курица, защищающая (своих) цыплят
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19 наседка с цыплятами
Agriculture: mother henУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > наседка с цыплятами
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20 курица, защищающая цыплят
General subject: (своих) a mother hen protecting her youngУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > курица, защищающая цыплят
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