Translation: from english to slovene

from slovene to english

to bell the cat

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1 cat

[kæt]
noun

1) (a small, four-legged, fur-covered animal often kept as a pet: a Siamese cat.) maček, mačka

2) (a large wild animal of the same family (eg tiger, lion etc): the big cats.) mačka

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- catty
- catcall
- catfish
- catgut
- catsuit
- cattail
- let the cat out of the bag
* * *
I [kæt]
noun

mačka, maček; bič, korobač; colloquially prepirljivka; dvojni trinožnik

when the cat's away the mice will play — kadar mačke ni doma, miši plešejo

to bell the cat — izpostavljati se nevarnosti

American military slang cat beer — mleko

to wait for the cat to jump, to see how the cat jumps — čakati na ugodno priložnost

to fight like Kilkenny cats — boriti se na življenje in smrt

before the cat can lick the ear — nikoli

when candles are out all the cats are grey — ponoči je vsaka krava črna

he lives under the cat's foot — žena hlače nosi

to grin like a Cheshire cat — režati se, kazati zobe

to lead cat and dog life — živeti kot pes in mačka

to let the cat out of the bag — izblebetati skrivnost

like a cat on hot bricks — kakor na šivankah

a cat has nine lives — mačka je trdoživa

enough to make a cat laugh — smešen, da bi se se krave smejale

it rains cats and dogs — dežuje ko iz škafa

to shoot the cat — bljuvati, urha klicati

as sick as a cat — hudo bolan; slabe volje

not room to swing a cat — premalo prostora

tom-cat — maček

to turn a cat in the pan — postati izdajalec, po vetru se obračati; izneveriti se

slang cat's whiskers — nekaj imenitnega

slang not a cat's chance, not a cat in hell's chance — prav nič upanja

a cat may look at a king — še škofa lahko mačka gleda
II [kæt]
transitive verb & intransitive verb

vulgar bljuvati, urha klicati; s korobačem pretepsti; nautical dvigniti sidro do izbočene gredi
III [kæt]
noun

American colloquially traktor goseničar

slang cat skinner — traktorist

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bell the cat — ► bell the cat take the danger of a shared enterprise upon oneself. [ORIGIN: an allusion to a fable in which the mice suggest hanging a bell around the cat s neck to have warning of its approach.] Main Entry: ↑bell … English terms dictionary
bell the cat — To bell the cat is to perform a difficult or impossible task … The small dictionary of idiomes
Bell the cat — Belling the cat or to bell the cat is an English colloquialism that means to suggest or attempt to perform a difficult or impossible task. [ [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/To+bell+the+cat To Bell the Cat ] thefreedictionary.com. Accessed… … Wikipedia
bell the cat — verb take a risk; perform a daring act Who is going to bell the cat? • Hypernyms: ↑risk, ↑put on the line, ↑lay on the line • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * phrasal … Useful english dictionary
bell the cat — take the danger of a shared enterprise upon oneself. [an allusion to a fable in which the mice suggest hanging a bell around the cat s neck to have warning of its approach.] → bell … English new terms dictionary
bell the cat — Synonyms and related words: affront, beard, bite the bullet, brave, brazen, brazen out, confront, court danger, defy danger, face, face the music, face up, face up to, flirt with death, front, go for broke, meet, meet boldly, meet head on, play… … Moby Thesaurus
bell the cat — do the dangerous thing, take the risk, face the danger with bravery … English contemporary dictionary
bell the cat — verb To undertake a dangerous action in the service of a group … Wiktionary
BELL-THE-CAT — Archibald Douglas, Earl of Arran, so called from his offer to dispose by main force of an obnoxious favourite of the king, James III … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
bell the cat — phrasal to do a daring or risky deed … New Collegiate Dictionary
bell the cat, — idi to attempt something dangerous or daring … From formal English to slang

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