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mávra (mavrica) rainbow; (črna krava) black cow

piti kot mávra to drink hard (deep, like a fish)
pijan kot mávra blind drunk, VB žargon blotto, ZDA žargon jagged

jagged [džǽgid] pridevnik (jaggedly prislov)
škrbast, skrhan; nazobčan, narezan; robat, osoren (besede)
ameriško, sleng pijan kot mavra

sozzled [sɔzld] pridevnik
britanska angleščina, sleng popolnoma pijan, pijan ko mavra

whole-seas (over) [hóulsi:z(óuvə)] pridevnik
šaljivo pijan kot mavra

incapable [inkéipəbl] pridevnik (incapably prislov)
nesposoben, nezmožen, ki se ne da izboljšati

drunk and incapable pijan kakor mavra

piján drunk, drunken; inebriated; tipsy; intoxicated; in a drunken condition

biti piján to be drunk; evfemizem to be under the influence (ali under the weather)
piján je kot muha he is dead drunk, he is as drunk as a lord
piján kot mavra (as) tight as an owl
piján kot klada, do nezavesti dead (ali blind) drunk, pogovorno dead to the world; žargon sloshed, soused, sozzled, smashed, plastered; drunk and incapable
piján kot žolna (as) drunk as a lord (ali a fish, a fiddler)
piján krví (figurativno) drunk with blood
piján od veselja wild with joy
postati piján to get drunk
kadar je piján, ne ve, kaj govori when he is in his cups, he doesn't know what he's saying
voziti avto v pijánem stanju to drive while under the influence of drink (ali while intoxicated), pogovorno to drink-drive

sow¹ [sáu] samostalnik
zoologija svinja
tehnično kalup za ulivanje železa
tehnično kos litega železa

as drunk as a sow sleng pijan ko mavra
to get (to take) the wrong sow by the ear figurativno ne pogoditi pravo (pravega krivca), prevarati se, ušteti se, potegniti napačne sklepe
you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear figurativno iz slabega materiala ne moreš napraviti nič dobrega, figurativno ne moreš od koga zahtevati več od tistega, za kar je sposoben

tight [táit]

1. pridevnik
tesen; ozek, tesno se oprijemajoč (obleka); neprepusten (za vodo, zrak); močan; čvrsto nategnjen, napet (vrv); stisnjen, nabito poln; zgoščen, kompakten
figurativno nepremičen
figurativno zožen, utesnjen; komaj zadosten, pičel (o denarju); kočljiv
pogovorno skop(uški), stiskaški
sleng pijan, nadelan

as tight as an owl figurativno pijan ko mavra
tight shoes tesni, ozki čevlji
a tight squeeze gosta gneča
a tight lass zastarelo čedno, stasito dekle
money is tight za denar je trda
to be in a tight corner (place, spot) biti v škripcih
to get out of a tight hole izvleči se iz škripcev
my bag is tight moja torba je nabito polna
to keep a tight rein (hand) on s.o. držati koga čvrsto na vajetih
to keep a tight hand on the reins pritegniti vajeti
he needs a tight hand over him zanj je potrebna trda roka
to draw tight nategniti, napeti, zategniti

2. prislov
tesnó, močnó, čvrsto; pičlo

to sit tight figurativno čvrsto, uporno vztrajati pri svojih pravicah (mišljenju, stališču), ne popuščati