BET ON A LAME ROOSTER

Meaning of BET ON A LAME ROOSTER in English

bet on a loser

If you vote for that guy, you're betting on a lame rooster.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

BET ON A LAME ROOSTER — bet on a loser, fall for that If you vote for that guy, you're betting on a lame rooster.
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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English-Visayan vocabulary
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Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAME — I. ˈlām adjective ( usually -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lama; akin to Old Saxon & Old …
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BET — I. ˈbet, usu -ed.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: origin unknown 1. a. (1) : something that is laid, staked, …
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LAMÉ — (ˈ)la|mā, (ˈ)lä|-, ləˈ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from lamé, adjective, worked with silver or gold thread, from lame …
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Английский словарь Webster
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Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAMÉ — /la may"/ ; Fr. /lann may"/ , n. an ornamental fabric in which metallic threads, as of gold or silver, …
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LAME — lame 1 — lamely , adv. — lameness , n. /laym/ , adj., lamer, lamest , v. , lamed, laming …
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BET — bet 1 /bet/ , v. , bet or betted, betting , n. v.t. 1. to wager with (something or someone). …
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Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LAME — I. ˈlām adjective ( lam·er ; lam·est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lama; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BET — I. ˈbet noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1592 1. a. : something that is laid, staked, or pledged typically between …
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
LAME — vt to make lame. 2. lame ·superl hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. 3. lame ·superl to some degree disabled by …
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BET — imp. & ·p.p. of beat. 2. bet ·impf & ·p.p. of bet. 3. bet ·adj & ·adv an early form …
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ROOSTER — ■ noun chiefly N. Amer. a male domestic fowl.
Concise Oxford English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
LAME — [lame] adj lam.er ; lam.est [ME, fr. OE lama; akin to OHG lam lame, Lith limti to break down] (bef. …
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ROOSTER — rooster BrE AmE ˈruːst ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ rooster|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LAME — lame BrE AmE leɪm ▷ lamed leɪmd ▷ lamer ˈleɪm ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ lames leɪmz ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BET — bet, Bet BrE AmE bet ▷ betted ˈbet ɪd -əd AmE ˈbet̬- ▷ betting ˈbet ɪŋ AmE ˈbet̬- ▷ bets …
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BET — / bet; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( bet·ting , bet , bet ) 1. bet (sth) (on …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAMÉ — la ‧ mé /ˈlɑːmeɪ $ lɑːˈmeɪ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Language: French ; Origin: lame 'gold …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAME — I. lame 1 /leɪm/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: lama ] 1 . a) unable to …
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BET — I. bet 1 S1 /bet/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle bet , present participle betting ) …
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
LAME — adj. & v. --adj. 1 disabled, esp. in the foot or leg; limping; unable to walk normally (lame in his …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BET — v. & n. --v. (betting; past and past part. bet or betted) 1 intr. (foll. by on or against with …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LAME — adj. & v. adj. 1 disabled, esp. in the foot or leg; limping; unable to walk normally (lame in his …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BET — v. & n. v. (betting; past and past part. bet or betted) 1 intr. (foll. by on or against with …
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Oxford English vocab
LAME — adj. & v. --adj. 1. disabled, esp. in the foot or leg; limping; unable to walk normally (lame in his …
Oxford English vocab
BET — v. & n. --v. (betting; past and past part. bet or betted) 1. intr. (foll. by on or against with …
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAMÉ — Lamé is cloth that has threads of gold or silver woven into it, which make it reflect light. ...a silver …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAME — ( lamer, lamest) 1. If someone is lame , they are unable to walk properly because of damage to one …
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BET — ( bets, betting) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: The form 'bet' …
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Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ROOSTER — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A neighborhood rooster crows once and then twice and then falls silent. ▪ Only sensation …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LAME — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a pathetic/lame excuse (= very weak ) ▪ That’s the most pathetic excuse I’ve …
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BET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES betting shop offtrack betting ▪ Few states allow offtrack betting . place...bet ▪ I …
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Cambridge English vocab
LAME — (UNABLE TO WALK) [adjective] -r, -st - (esp. of animals) not able to walk correctly because of physical injury to …
Cambridge English vocab
BET — [noun] [C]A bet is an amount of money which you risk on the unknown result of an event, such as …
Cambridge English vocab
BET — Synonyms and related words : ante, ante up, back, bet on, book, call, chunk, cover, fade, gamble, game, handbook, hazard, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BET — See: YOU BET or YOU BET YOUR BOOTS or YOU BET YOUR LIFE.
Slang English vocab
BET — • ↑ I bet • ↑ I bet/my bet is • ↑ it's a safe bet/it's a sure bet/it's a …
Longman Activator English vocab
BET — n. 25B6; verb he bet £10 on the favourite : WAGER, gamble, stake, risk, venture, hazard, chance; put/lay money, speculate; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BET — n. 1 wager, stake, risk, venture, Brit punt, Colloq Brit flutter He could not afford more than a small bet …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BET — See: YOU BET or YOU BET YOUR BOOTS or YOU BET YOUR LIFE.
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