КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «LAUGH LIKE A DRAIN»
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
The observer. i6th July 2000 - laugh like a drain to laugh noisily; to guffaw UK,
7943 Referring to the noisy rushing of water down a drain or plughole. • But, he
assured me. he was marrying a real girl - and all I could do was laugh like a
kitchen ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
To laugh a raucous 'belly laugh': RN: C.20. Granville, 'Ex the harsh cackle of a
seagull, which is said to possess the soul of a departed Chief Stoker.' laugh like a
drain. To chuckle heartily: orig. RN wardrooms': C.20. (Granville) Water gurgles ...
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
2 to laugh like a drain to laugh loudly; guffaw. 1948–. K. NICHOLSON Old Hester
would laugh like a drain if she could see us singing hymns over her (1966).
drape noun A suit ofclothes; also, in pl., clothes. 1945–. M. SWAN He was a. . .
man ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
I40 / LAUGH LIKE A DRAIN Laugh like a drain Laugh loudly.* Laugh out of court
Reject as ridiculous. The phrase is often used to describe an illogical argument.*
Laugh the other side of their face Experience the emotional feelings of being ...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006
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Straddling the Mungo:
A Book of Poems in English & French
Laugh like a hunchback is to be doubled up with laughter. Laugh like a whale, is
to laugh like a drain. With such a gamut of laughter, How can one choose! He that
laughs last, laughs best. Rire Vous savez ce que c'est que rire? L'ambiguïté de ...
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Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On ...
Lalloo children an dem dat married, married to last week|laugh like a drain poor
people. Lalloo still cuttin cane in the estate. So where he get all dis set ah money
? Dem is la titick ah tell yuh.” (Lewis 1972:91) latlat latlat n Food that has become
...
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Using French:
A Guide to Contemporary Usage
... ses pieds soul comme un Polonais se coucher comme les poules S dormir
comme une souche V parler francais comme une vache espagnole 1 as proud as
a peacock to laugh like a drain it's as easy as ABC to laugh like a drain he couldn
't ...
Ronald Ernest Batchelor, M. H. Offord, 2000
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
... laugh in somebody's face openly show one's contempt He suggested that they
marry but she laughed in hisface. laugh like a drain laugh loudly Known to be a
loud speaker, he also laughs like a drain. laugh on the other side of one's face be
...
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Anglické obrazné fráze
a idiomy - English as easy as ABC
cf. laugh like a drain/gurgling water/hyena. – like trying to nail jelly to a wall –
pokoušet se o nemožné “Trying to make those two enemy countries stick to any
agreement is like trying to nail jelly to a wall.” cf. as easy as juggling with soot.
Later on: at another time or stage / will fix up a meeting with the bosses later on.
LATHER Get into a lather get angry or upset He gets into a lather about his
employees reporting late for work. LAUGH Laugh like a drain: laugh loudly She
laughs ...
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It makes me laugh like a drain. But while I'm very flattered to be impersonated by Oliver, probably the best impression I've ever heard of myself ... «Irish Examiner, Мар 14»
