[UK];[Slang] Comes from cockney rhyming slang for "butcher's hook" = "look" Ex.: A: "What are you looking at?" B: "I'm just having a butcher's at this butcher's hook!" biatch bitch (alternative term) tropezar con algo to bump into sth to make a good fist of to do sth well take sth down a notch exp. to take OR turn OR bring something down a notch means to decrease its intensity come to grips with sth id. consider something seriously and start taking actions about it tina exp. acronyme de "there is no alternative" phrase chère jadis à Mme THATCHER reprise au G20 de novembre 2011 contre le Premier ministre grec et son référendum when life gives you lemons, make lemonade! exp. make the best out of a difficult situation ; turn sth negative into a positive. By making sth sweet (lemonade) out of sth bitter (lemon), the phrase encourages to look on the bright side of life even in the face of adversity or misfortune When life gives you lemons, make lemonade; but when life gives you melons, you might be dyslexic! ! pop off exp. telling someone to fight you."do sth !" [Slang] what's the catch id. when sth sounds too good to be true and not as good as it seems to be and you suspect that there is a hidden problem sweep under the rug exp. 1. to conceal, to hide 2. to avoid talking about (sth embarrassing) You want to reject this entry: please give us your comments (bad translation/definition, duplicate entries...) |
