LAY AN EGG

Meaning of LAY AN EGG in English

v. phr. , slang To fail to win the interest or favor of an audience. His joke laid an egg. Sometimes he is a successful speaker, but sometimes he lays an egg.

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LAY AN EGG — phrasal to fail or blunder especially embarrassingly
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LAY AN EGG — phrasal 1. : to fail to get a favorable response (as from an audience) : fall flat : fizzle 2. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAY AN EGG — v. (Canadian and American slang) make a joke
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LAY AN EGG — : to fail or blunder especially embarrassingly
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LAY AN EGG — to fail or blunder especially embarrassingly
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LAY AN EGG — {v. phr.}, {slang} To fail to win the interest or favor of an audience. * /His joke laid an egg./ …
Slang English vocab
LAY AN EGG — {v. phr.}, {slang} To fail to win the interest or favor of an audience. * /His joke laid an egg./ …
Словарь английских идиом
LAY AN EGG — fail to win the interest or favor of an audience Although he was supposed to be a good magician, his …
English Idioms vocab
LAY AN EGG — 1) снести яйцо 2) авиац. сленг сбросить авиабомбу, отбомбиться
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LAY AN EGG — 1) снести яйцо 2) авиа сл. сбросить авиабомбу, отбомбиться
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LAY AN EGG — 1) снести яйцо 2) авиа сл. сбросить авиабомбу, отбомбиться
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LAY AN EGG — (v.phr.) потерпеть неудачу
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
LAY AN EGG — expr sl 1) If I laid an egg - and I laid some big ones - that was my fault — Если …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
LAY AN EGG — expr sl 1) If I laid an egg - and I laid some big ones - that was my fault …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
LAY AN EGG — lay an egg expr sl 1. If I laid an egg - and I laid some big ones - that …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
LAY AN EGG — 1) If I laid an egg - and I laid some big ones - that was my fault — Если …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
LAY AN EGG — 1. снести яйцо; 2. потерпеть неудачу
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
LAY AN EGG — 1. снести яйцо; 2. потерпеть неудачу
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
LAY AN EGG — (v.phr.) потерпеть неудачу
English Russian slang dictionary
AN — [an] 1. interr part -; an ille habe le libro? has he the book?; 2. conj whether -an suffixo adjective …
Interlingua English vocab
LAY — I. ˈlā verb ( laid ˈlād ; laid ; laying ; lays ) Etymology: Middle English leyen, leggen, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EGG — I. ˈeg, ˈāg transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English eggen, from Old Norse eggja, from egg edge of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — I. _ən, after some consonants often ə n, esp emphatic or hesitating or after a pause (|)an; see usage note …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-AN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of …
Английский словарь Webster
AN — This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LAY — lay 1 /lay/ , v. , laid, laying , n. v.t. 1. to put or place in a horizontal position …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EGG — egg 1 — eggless , adj. — eggy , adj. /eg/ , n. 1. the roundish reproductive body produced by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — an 1 /euhn/ ; when stressed /an/ , indefinite article. the form of a before an initial vowel sound ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAY — I. ˈlā verb ( laid ˈlād ; lay·ing ) Etymology: Middle English leyen, from Old English lecgan; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EGG — I. ˈeg, ˈāg transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse eggja; akin to Old English ecg edge — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AN — I. ən, (ˈ)an indefinite article Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ān one — more at one Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-AN
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
AN — conj if; a word used by old english authors. 2. an ·- this word is properly an adjective, but …
Webster English vocab
EGG — [egg] vt [ME, fr. ON eggja; akin to OE ecg edge--more at edge] (13c): to incite to action--usu. used with …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-AN
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Britannica English vocabulary
EGG — egg BrE AmE eɡ ▷ egged eɡd ▷ egging ˈeɡ ɪŋ ▷ eggs eɡz ▶ ˌ egg and ˈ spoon …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EGG — / eg; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a small oval object with a thin …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EGG — I. egg 1 S1 W2 /eɡ/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old Norse ] 1 . BIRD …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AN — I. a S1 W1 /ə; strong eɪ/ BrE AmE ( also an ) indefinite article , determiner 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAY — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. laid) 1 tr. place on a surface, esp. horizontally or in the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EGG — n. 1 a the spheroidal reproductive body produced by females of animals such as birds, reptiles, fish, etc., enclosed in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LAY — v. & n. v. (past and past part. laid) 1 tr. place on a surface, esp. horizontally or in the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EGG — n. 1 a the spheroidal reproductive body produced by females of animals such as birds, reptiles, fish, etc., enclosed in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LAY — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. laid) 1. tr. place on a surface, esp. horizontally or in …
Oxford English vocab
EGG — 1. n.1 a the spheroidal reproductive body produced by females of animals such as birds, reptiles, fish, etc., enclosed in …
Oxford English vocab
LAY — I. VERB AND NOUN USES /leɪ/ ( lays, laying, laid) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EGG — ( eggs, egging, egged) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. An egg …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EGG — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird lays its eggs ▪ The bird lays a single egg on the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EGG — (FOOD) [noun] - the oval or rounded object with a hard shell which is produced by female birds, esp. chickens, …
Cambridge English vocab
EGG — See: BAD EGG, GOOD EGG, KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG, LAY AN EGG, PUT ALL ONE'S EGGS …
Slang English vocab
EGG — noun 1 of birds/as food ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ bad , rotten ▪ free-range , organic ▪ chicken , duck …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LAY — n. 25B6; verb Curtis laid the newspaper on the table : PUT (DOWN), place, set (down), deposit, rest, situate, locate, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EGG — See: BAD EGG, GOOD EGG, KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG, LAY AN EGG, PUT ALL ONE'S EGGS …
Словарь английских идиом
AN — indefinite article BAD : I had never visited an hospital before. GOOD : I had never visited a hospital before. …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
LAY — I прил. 1) мирской, светский She serves as a lay teacher at the convent school. ≈ Она преподает в монастырской …
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