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a shot across someone's bows
Meaning of "a shot across someone's bows" in the English dictionary
PRONUNCIATION OF A SHOT ACROSS SOMEONE'S BOWS
a shot across someone's bows
WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE A SHOT ACROSS SOMEONE'S BOWS
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Synonyms and antonyms of a shot across someone's bows in the English dictionary of synonyms
Translation of «a shot across someone's bows» into 25 languages
TRANSLATION OF A SHOT ACROSS SOMEONE'S BOWS
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translations of a shot across someone's bows from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «a shot across someone's bows» in English.
Translator English - Chinese
整个人的弓箭射击
1,325 millions of speakers
Translator English - Spanish
un tiro a través de arcos de alguien
570 millions of speakers
Translator English - Hindi
किसी के धनुष भर में एक शॉट
380 millions of speakers
Translator English - Arabic
لقطة لشخص ما عبر أقواس
280 millions of speakers
Translator English - Russian
выстрел по чьей-то луками
278 millions of speakers
Translator English - Portuguese
um tiro através arcos de alguém
270 millions of speakers
Translator English - Bengali
কেউ এর bows জুড়ে একটি শট
260 millions of speakers
Translator English - French
un coup de feu à travers les arcs de quelqu´un
220 millions of speakers
Translator English - Malay
Satu tembakan merentasi busur seseorang
190 millions of speakers
Translator English - German
ein Schuss vor den Bug jemand
180 millions of speakers
Translator English - Japanese
誰かの弓を横断ショット
130 millions of speakers
Translator English - Korean
누군가의 활 에 걸쳐 총
85 millions of speakers
Translator English - Javanese
Tembakan antarane busur wong
85 millions of speakers
Translator English - Vietnamese
một shot trên cung của một ai đó
80 millions of speakers
Translator English - Tamil
ஒருவரின் வில்லின் மீது ஒரு ஷாட்
75 millions of speakers
Translator English - Marathi
एखाद्याच्या धनुष्यावर एक गोळी
75 millions of speakers
Translator English - Turkish
Başkasının yuvarlak karşısında atış
70 millions of speakers
Translator English - Italian
un colpo attraverso gli archi di qualcuno
65 millions of speakers
Translator English - Polish
strzał w poprzek czyichś kokardkami
50 millions of speakers
Translator English - Ukrainian
постріл по чиїйсь луками
40 millions of speakers
Translator English - Romanian
o lovitură pe arcuri cuiva
30 millions of speakers
Translator English - Greek
ένας πυροβολισμός σε όλη τόξα κάποιου
15 millions of speakers
Translator English - Afrikaans
´n skoot oor iemand se boë
14 millions of speakers
Translator English - Swedish
ett skott över någons bågar
10 millions of speakers
Translator English - Norwegian
et skudd over noens buer
5 millions of speakers
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2 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «A SHOT ACROSS SOMEONE'S BOWS»
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1
Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to Teaching Vocabulary and ...
Step out of line Catch someone off guard A body blow Cloak anddagger To the
hilt Show your true colours A shot across someone's bows Ride roughshod over
someone Fight your corner At the drop of a hat Not (come) up to scratch On ...
Frank Boers, Seth Lindstromberg,
2008
2
The Bloomsbury Companion to Cognitive Linguistics
English is also comparatively rich in seafaring idioms (e.g. clear the decks, on an
even keel, take something on board, when my ship comes in, give a wide berth,
plain sailing, a shot across someone's bows, in the doldrums, walk the plank, left
...
Jeannette Littlemore, John R. Taylor,
2014
REFERENCE
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