10 АНГЛІЙСЬКА КНИЖКИ ПОВ'ЯЗАНІ ІЗ «TRIM ONE'S SAILS»
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trim one's sails \T\ haven't reached their primes yet. —Washington Post, 4/2/93,
C4:4. this club i%\l±®Mm&mWi.i&m ( Baltimore Orioles ) trade punches box or hit
back and forth ( ga ; rrasrr* - t ?Kt* i ; Oakley and Knicks To Trade Some Punches
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The Standard Dictionary of English Slang
(2) A soft hat with a longitudinal depression on top. Gfligfctli. Trillibub— (1) Tripe.
^Jf. (2) Anything of trifling value. Jfttt. Trim, To— To act from motives of self-
interest and without reference to one's convictions ; orig. To trim one's sails to
catch the ...
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General Knowledge of English Literature
Sail To sail through—to succeed without any difficulty. Plain sailing—an easy,
uncomplicated planof action. To sail into someone—to scoldor attack someone.
To trim one's sails—tochange one's views, to withdraw them in the faceof
opposition ...
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The Chambers Dictionary
... size (priming) the size of a book once its pages are trimmed. — trim one's sails
to rule one's conduct, principles, etc, to accord with prevailing circumstances. [OE
trymman, trymian to strengthen, set in order, from Irum firm] trimaran In 'no-ran, ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
Also see under SAY. sail 9 In addition to the idioms beginning with SAIL, also see
(SAILING UNDER) FALSE COLORS; PLAIN SAILING; SET SAIL; SMOOTH
SAILING; TAKE THE WIND OUT OF ONE'S SAILS; TRIM ONE'S SAILS. sail close
to ...
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English idioms for Spanish speakers
to treat equally 85 treatment 301 tree 301 trick 301 to trim one's sails 236 trip 301
trouble 302 true 302 to try 302 try as he might 303 to try hard 302 to try on 302 to
try one's luck 167 to try one's patience 302 to try out 303 tune" 303 to tune 303 ...
Eugene Savaiano, Lynn W. Winget,
2007
rt&WSI I jgil \ WRM m 2. wy&m ; ; W&MM (You've already spent one million: you
have to take in sail for the future ! faff1] B 7£ 7 — to take the wind out of
someone's sails J.4 wind1 to trim one's sails M TRIM under sail (MMfcfT I ffiMfr^ (
Their ship ...
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Amharic-English dictionary: H - N.
... one of the smallest units of measure for land (Stitz) (P P£ i (O'V • \J"i to be
easily swayed, to trim one's sails to the last breeze that blows, not to be firm of
purpose) P.PP£ boyaboy irrigation channel-like, irrigation ditches P£ boy servant,
waiter ...
... wish you a pleasant journey ; bon voyage [IUM.WIE] short fsng zhufln du6 ( fit
SlWfE sui feng zhuon duo) (JS) (e) trim one's sails; chop round with the wind
shunyCm ( Jf> ) pleasant to the eye: B5ffi)£?E*~o That building is really an
eyesore.
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Idiomatic Expressions with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
TO BE IN THE SOUP — to be in trouble TRIAL AND ERROR — TRIGGER
SOMETHING OFF TRIM ONE'S SAILS. TO BLAME TO ALL APPEARANCES TO
ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES TO AND FRO TO ANY LENGTHS TO BAT TO
BAY ...