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PRONUNCIATION OF BED OF NAILS

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WHAT DOES BED OF NAILS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bed of nails

Bed of nails

A bed of nails is an oblong piece of wood, the size of a bed, with nails pointing upwards out of it. It appears to the spectator that anyone lying on this "bed" would be injured by the nails, but this is not so. Assuming the nails are numerous enough, the weight is distributed between them such that the pressure exerted by each nail is not enough to break the person's skin.

Definition of bed of nails in the English dictionary

The definition of bed of nails in the dictionary is a situation or position of extreme difficulty. Other definition of bed of nails is a bed studded with nails on which a fakir lies.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BED OF NAILS

bed
bed and board
bed and breakfast
bed and PEP
bed bath
bed in
bed jacket
bed linen
bed moulding
bed of roses
bed pad
bed settee
bed tea
bed-blocker
bed-blocking
bed-wetter
bed-wetting
bedabble
bedad
bedaggle

WORDS THAT END LIKE BED OF NAILS

bite one´s nails
cat-o´-nine-tails
contact details
entrails
hard as nails
lamb´s tails
off the rails
on someone´s coat-tails
personal details
rats´ tails
tails
take the wind out of someone´s sails
trim one´s sails

Synonyms and antonyms of bed of nails in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «bed of nails» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BED OF NAILS

Find out the translation of bed of nails to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bed of nails from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bed of nails» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

指甲床
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cama de clavos
570 millions of speakers

English

bed of nails
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नाखून के बिस्तर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سرير من المسامير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кровать из гвоздей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cama de pregos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাপে - নেউলে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lit de clous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Katil kuku
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nagelbett
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

針のむしろ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

손톱의 침대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Amben kuku
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giường của móng tay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நகங்களின் படுக்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नखेचे बेड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çivi yatağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

letto di chiodi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

łóżko z gwoździ
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ліжко з цвяхів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pat de cuie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κρεβάτι των καρφιών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bed van spykers
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bädd av spikar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

seng av negler
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bed of nails

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BED OF NAILS»

The term «bed of nails» is regularly used and occupies the 75.152 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BED OF NAILS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bed of nails

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BED OF NAILS»

Discover the use of bed of nails in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bed of nails and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bed of Nails
Bed of Nails does for Paris what James Ellroy did for vintage America, shining a light as never before on the seedy underbelly of La Ville-Luminère. It's as if he's being mocked from beyond the grave.
Antonin Varenne, 2012
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A bed of nails: stories
Fiction. "[Ron Tanner] is fabulously imaginative, experimental, witty, often breathtaking...both male and female voices are handled beautifully, although the prose is what we've come to call 'muscular.
Ron Tanner, 2003
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Bed of Nails
Following a personal tragedy, Chris Randall travels around the country in his Dormobile, not caring which hospital employs him next as a locum laboratory worker.
Andrew Puckett, 2009
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Secrets of the Sideshows
Lying on a Bed of Nails. This well-known feat comes from the East. According to Robert Ripley (1929, 9), it was common to Sadhus (Hindu ascetics): Sadhus who sit on beds of sharp spikes have been more or less featured in the Sunday ...
Joe Nickell, 2005
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Bed of Nails
Locked away in an asylum for the criminally insane, a twisted madman, believing he is Jack the Ripper, manipulates grisly crimes from his padded cell, leading Zinc Chandler and the Special X investigators on a bloody trail to an island ...
Michael Slade, 2003
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What Every Engineer Should Know About Developing Real-Time ...
There are several methods and types of ICT. The most common are boundary scan, flying probe, and full fixture, bed-of-nails ICT. Flying probe testers pin down on component leads, PC board traces, and test pads provided on the circuit board.
Kim R. Fowler, 2007
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Bed of Nails
Peter Owen Jones started in advertising as a messenger boy and worked his way up to creative director.
Peter Owen-Jones, 1997
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It's Not Magic, It's Science!: 50 Science Tricks that ...
Traveling conjurers invented the Bed of Nails trick in India a thousand years ago. They used their own bodies in place of the balloon, but the science is the same. These con artists pretended to be monks called fakirs. They performed "miracles  ...
Hope Buttitta, 2007
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Carny Sideshows:
Drawn from firsthand accounts from sideshow school in Coney Island and a school in Philadelphia, this portrait of current American sideshow performers showcases the entertainers who have mastered such skills as fire-eating, sword-swallowing ...
Tony Gangi, 2010
10
Back-of-the-Envelope Physics
In many cases, the approximate solution is all that is needed. This compilation of 101 examples of back-of-the-envelope calculations celebrates a quantitative approach to solving physics problems.
Clifford Swartz, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BED OF NAILS»

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Smoke-drenched Vancouver takes on dream-like feel: 'It makes you …
... because it is what people do in their backyards in the summer, only the grass was so dry it felt like he was walking across a bed of nails. «National Post, Jul 15»
2
Lots to do at the Library
For the grand finale, their educator demonstrates how science can make it safe to lie down on a real bed of nails. The library is able to bring this ... «Foster's Daily Democrat, Jul 15»
3
Howard Davies has spoken. Now listen to him and act
He chose the bed of nails of writing a report on London's new runway because it interests him. He has eaten more dried up olives in airport ... «Management Today, Jul 15»
4
NASCAR Chase comfort level: Who's sitting pretty, who's in trouble?
Comfort level: A bed of nails suspended over a pool of sharks. Comment: Unless Almirola can pull off a repeat of his Daytona win last year, his ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»
5
What's your favourite seaside sound?
... and I'll never forget seeing him in 1966 being transported along the seafront on a bed of nails tied to the roof rack of an ancient Ford Anglia. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Diabetes Patients Could Replace Insulin Injections with Smart …
Afterwards, researchers created a painless version of a bed of nails by attaching more than one hundred of these micro-needles on a sleek ... «The Utah People's Post, Jun 15»
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Smart insulin to replace daily jabs for diabetics
... more than one hundred of these microneedles on a thin silicon strip to create what looks like a tiny, painless version of a bed of nails. «Ahmedabad Mirror, Jun 15»
8
Meet the man who's trying to inject some magic into DC's night life
... where you can watch a magician recline on a bed of nails as another man uses a sledgehammer to shatter a cinder block on his midsection. «Washington Post, Jun 15»
9
Williamson County library events: June 24–30
Learn about lightsabers and experiment with disappearing water, bubbling potions, a bed of nails, smoking drinks and explosions! Free event. «The Tennessean, Jun 15»
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Unions on their own bed of nails
Unions on their own bed of nails. by: SHAUN CARNEY; From: Herald Sun; June 23, 2015 12:00AM. Increase Text Size · Decrease Text Size · Print · Email ... «Herald Sun, Jun 15»

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