bird

bird
bə:d
noun
(a two-legged feathered creature, with a beak and two wings, with which most can fly: Kiwis and ostriches are birds which cannot fly.) fugl
fugl
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jente
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pike
subst. \/bɜːd\/
1) fugl
2) (jakt) fugl, vilt
3) (hverdagslig) (pussig) type, fyr, raring
• she was a queer bird, they thought
de syntes hun var en snodig skrue
4) (slang) jente, berte, ung dame, smårips
5) (slang) kjæreste, dame
6) (badminton) fjærball
7) (skyting) leirdue
8) (britisk, slang) fengsel
a bird in the bush en eventualitet
a bird in the hand et faktum, en realitet
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush en fugl i hånden er bedre enn ti på taket
a little bird told me eller a little bird has it en liten fugl sang, ryktet forteller at
birds of a feather (folk) av samme ulla
birds of a feather flock together like barn leker best, krake søker make
birds were tilting on the boughs ha slagside
do bird sitte inne, sone
early bird morgenfugl
give somebody the bird (slang) pipe ut noen avspise noen, gi noen sparken
• she got the bird
hun ble pepet ut \/ hun fikk sparken
kill two birds with one stone slå to fluer i en smekk
old bird gammel rev
• he's a smart old bird
han er en lur gammel rev
pull the birds ha draget på damene
strictly for the birds helt uinteressant, for spesielt interesserte
the bird is\/has flown (hverdagslig, også overført) fuglen har fløyet
the birds and the bees (hverdagslig) blomster og bier (overført) blomster og bier, hvordan barn blir til
the early bird catches\/gets the worm morgenstund har gull i munn

English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.

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