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míš zoologija mouse, pl mice

poljska míš field mouse
gorska míš (egiptovski skakač) jerboa
vodna míš shrew mouse
slepe míši (igra) blind man's buff
ne ptič ne míš neither fish, flesh nor fowl
moker sem kot míš (figurativno) I am soaking wet
bil je moker kot míš he was soaked to the skin
reven kot cerkvena míš as poor as a church mouse
igrati se slepe míši to play blind man's buff
loviti míši to catch mice, (maček) to mouse
prežati kot mačka na míš to watch like a cat watching a mouse
videti bele míši (imeti delirium tremens) (žargon) to see pink elephants
kadar mačke ni doma, míši plešejo when the cat's away the mice will play
tresla se gora, rodila se míš (figurativno) the mountain has laboured, the mountain has brought forth a mouse

mouse¹ [maus] samostalnik (množina mice)
miš
sleng podpluto oko
figurativno strahopetec
tehnično vrv na poteg z utežjo

field mouse poljska miš
as poor as a church mouse reven kakor cerkvena miš
as silent as a mouse tih kakor miška
to play like a cat with a mouse igrati se kakor mačka z mišjo

field-mouse [fí:ldmaus] samostalnik
zoologija poljska miš

harvest-mouse [há:vistmaus] samostalnik
zoologija poljska miš, rovka

mousy [máusi] pridevnik
mišji, mišje siv, poln miši, tih kot miš

between² [bitwí:n] predlog
med

between the devil and the deep sea, between two fires med Scilo in Karibdo, med dvema ognjema
between you and me and the bed (ali gate) post strogo zaupno
between you and me (pogovorno I), between ourselves med nama povedano
between two stools med dvema stoloma
there's many a slip between the cup and the lip, between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip ne hvali dneva pred večerom
hit between wind and water zadet na občutljivem mestu
between whiles (ali times) tu pa tam
between hay and grass ne tič ne miš, niti eno niti drugo
they had no penny between (the two of) them niti eden niti drugi nista imela prebite pare
between stations na odprti progi
we have bought it between us kupila sva to skupaj

church¹ [čə:č] samostalnik
cerkev; verniki; duhovniki; cerkveni obredi

to go to church iti k maši
to be at church biti v cerkvi
to attend church redno hoditi v cerkev
the Church of England anglikanska cerkev
to go into (ali enter) the Church postati duhovnik
established church državna cerkev
to ask people in church oklicati (pred cerkveno poroko)
as poor as a church mouse reven ko cerkvena miš
church preferment cerkvena nadarbina, prebenda

drown [draun]

1. neprehodni glagol
utoniti, utopiti, potopiti, udušiti se

2. prehodni glagol
potopiti, poplaviti, preplaviti; udušiti; zatreti, uničiti

to be (ali get) drowned utoniti
drowning men catch at straws v sili hudič mušice žre
to drown the miller preveč krstiti pijačo
to drown one's sorrows iskati pozabe v pijači
as wet as a drowning rat moker ko miš
to drown s.o.'s wine priliti komu vode v vino
drowned in tears ves solzen
drowned in sleep v globokem spanju
to drown out (s poplavo) izgnati

fish¹ [fiš] samostalnik
riba; ribe
vulgarno ženski spolni organ

all is fish that comes to our net vse nam lahko koristi
a cool fish hladnokrvnež
to cry stinking fish poniževati se
to drink like a fish piti ko žolna
drunk as a fish pijan ko čep
dull as a fish neumen ko noč
he eats no fish je poštenjak
to feed the fishes imeti morsko bolezen; utoniti
to land the fish doseči svoj cilj
neither fish, flesh or fowl ne tič ne miš
pogovorno to have other fish to fry imeti druge opravke
one must not make fish of the one and flesh of the other ne smemo biti pristranski
a pretty kettle of fish neprijetno presenečenje, zmešnjava, kolobocija
a loose fish razuzdanec
there's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it glavo pokonci, vse se še lahko uredi; za vsakega človeka se lahko najde nadomestilo
a fish story zlagana povest; bahavo pripovedovanje
a strange (ali odd, queer) fish čudak
to feel like a fish out of water počutiti se ko riba na suhem
mute as a fish molčeč ko riba
salt-water fish morska riba

fowl¹ [faul] samostalnik
zoologija, arhaično ptič; kokoš, petelin, perutnina

neither fish nor flesh or fowl ne tič ne miš

hedge² [hedž] samostalnik
živa meja, živica, seč
figurativno zapreka, pregraja
ekonomija zavarovanje proti izgubi (z drugim kritjem)

dead hedge kamnita ograja
quickset hedge živa meja (iz dreves, grmovja)
figurativno stone hedge zid, pregraja
a hedge of police policijski kordon
over hedge and ditch čez drn in strn
it doesn't grow on every hedge ne raste na vsakem grmu, se redko najde
to be on the wrong side of the hedge motiti se
to sit on the hedge ne izreči se, biti pol ptič pol miš

herring [hériŋ] samostalnik
zoologija sled, slanik

red (ali kippered) herring prekajen slanik
to draw a red herring across the path odvrniti pozornost
neither fish, flesh nor good red herring ne tič ne miš
packed as close as herrings natlačeni kot sardine

izréči to utter, to say, (do konca) to speak out, to have one's say; to finish (a word, a sentence); (izgovoriti) to pronounce, to articulate, to express, to word, to sound; (izjaviti) to state, to declare, to profess

izréči besedo to utter a word
izréči napitnico, zdravico to propose a toast, to toast
izréči laž to utter a lie
izréči mnenje to advance an opinion
izréči obsodbo to pass (ali to pronounce) sentence (ali judgment) on, to find guilty
ne da se izréči it is unutterable
izréči prekletstvo nad to pronounce a curse upon
ne se izréči (figurativno biti pol ptič pol miš) to sit on the hedge

móker wet; damp; (oči) watery; (zemlja, tla) sodden, spongy; moist (od with)

čisto móker od dežja soaked through with rain
bil je móker kot miš he had not a dry stitch on
bil je do kože móker he was wet to the skin
móker za ušesi (figurativno, neizkušen) wet behind the ears
móker za ožeti wringing wet
móker kot miš as wet as a drowned rat, soaking wet

oglódati to gnaw; to pick (a bone); to finish gnawing (ali picking); to cause damage by gnawing

miš je oglodala desko a mouse has been nibbling at the board

rat¹ [ræt] samostalnik
zoologija podgana
figurativno, parlament & politika prebežnik, odpadnik, uskok, izdajalec, kdor zapusti svoje politične prijatelje in se pridruži opoziciji; stavkokaz; tat

rats! množina, sleng neumnost!, nesmisel!, neverjetno!
as wet like a drowned rat moker ko miš, do kože premočen
to have (to see) rats sleng videti "bele miši"
to smell a rat figurativno sumiti, da se pripravlja nekaj slabega ali nevarnega, vohati nevarnost, (za)čutiti prevaro

red¹ [red] pridevnik (redly prislov)
rdeč; rus; pordečen (with od)
okrvavljen, krvav; rdeče razžarjen ali razbeljen
politika rdeč, komunističen, sovjetski; anarhističen, revolucionaren; marksističen

as red as a rose rdeč kot vrtnica
red admiral (metulj) admiral
Red Army Rdeča armija
a red battle krvava bitka
red cap britanska angleščina vojaški policist, ameriško postrešček, nosač na postaji
red cent bakren novčič
red chalk krvavec (kamen)
red coats sleng vojaki
red deer jelen
red eye ameriško, sleng cenen viski
red eyes with tears od jokanja rdeče oči
red flag rdeča zastava
red flannel sleng jezik
red hat kardinalski klobuk, kardinal(ska čast); britanska angleščina, sleng štabni častnik
red herring prekajen slanik, figurativno nekaj, kar odvrača pozornost od neprijetnega, nevarnega predmeta
red handed krvavih rok, hudodelski, ki je pri hudodelskem dejanju
red light rdeča luč
red light district mestni predel s številnimi javnimi hišami
red meat govedina, bravina
a red radical politika hud, zagrizen radikal
red rag (to a bull) rdeča krpa (ki razdraži bika), figurativno nekaj, kar človeka razdraži
red vengeance krvavo maščevanje
red weed mak
red, white and blue sleng mrzla soljena govedina
neither fish, flesh nor good red herring ne ptič ne miš, nekaj nedoločljivega
to be red with anger biti rdeč od jeze
it is a red rag to him to ga razdraži kot rdeča krpa bika
to draw a red herring across the track (the path) s kako stransko stvarjo odvrniti pozornost od glavne stvari; z veščim manevrom odvrniti pozornost, zabrisati sled
to have red hands imeti krvave roke, zakriviti smrt kake osebe
to make red pordečiti
to paint the town red hrupno veseljačiti, razgrajati, delati kraval po mestu
to see red figurativno pobesneti
to see the red light figurativno videti, spoznati pretečo nevarnost
to turn red postati rdeč, zardeti

réven poor; indigent, destitute; (brez denarja) penniless; needy; beggarly

réven z poor in, destitute of, void of
réven belec na jugu ZDA poor white
biti réven to be poor
réven kot cerkvena miš as poor as a church mouse

siromášen poor, impoverished, needy, indigent, arhaično necessitous; badly off, beggarly; (beden) miserable, distressed, wretched, pitiable

siromášen kot cerkvena miš (as) poor as a church mouse
siromášno živeti to lead a miserable life

stitch¹ [stič] samostalnik
vbod (s šivanko); šiv; petlja (pri pletenju); vrsta šivov, vezenja; pletenje, vezenje
pogovorno nit, nitka; zbodljaj, bodeča bolečina; spenjanje (knjige)
agronomija brazda

with no stitch on, without a stitch of clothing popolnoma gol, nag
a stitch in time saves nine bolje preprečiti kot pa lečiti
to drop (to let down) a stitch izpustiti petljo (pri pletenju)
he had not a dry stitch on ni imel suhe nitke na sebi, do kože je bil premočen, moker kot miš
I have a stitch in the side zbada me v boku
to put a stitch (stitches) in zašiti (rano)
to take up a stitch pobrati pentljo (pri pletenju)