MARE'S NEST

Meaning of MARE'S NEST in English

n. phr. Something that doesn't exist; a discovery that proves to be worthless. He claims that he has discovered a gasoline substitute but we suspect it will turn out to be a mare's nest.

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MARE'S NEST — noun (plural ~s or mares' nests) Date: 1576 a false discovery, illusion, or deliberate hoax, a place, condition, or situation …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MARE'S NEST — noun ( plural mare's nests or mares' nests ) 1. : a hoax or fraud or some other nonexistent or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MARE'S-NEST — (n.) A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd.
Английский словарь Webster
MARE'S-NEST — ( n. ) A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MARE'S-NEST — /mairz"nest'/ , n. 1. something imagined to be an extraordinary discovery but proving to be a delusion or a hoax: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MARE'S NEST — n. wonderful discovery that is really a hoax; big mess
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MARE'S NEST — ( plural mare's nests or mares' nests ) Date: 1576 1. : a false discovery, illusion, or deliberate hoax 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MARE'S-NEST — noun a supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd.
Webster English vocab
MARE'S NEST — Function: noun Inflected Form: plural mare's nests or mares' nests Date: 1576 1 : a false discovery, illusion, or deliberate …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MARE'S NEST — ■ noun 1》 a complex and difficult situation; a muddle. 2》 an illusory discovery. Origin C16: formerly in the phr. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MARE'S NEST — [mare's nest] n, pl mare's nests or mares' nests (1576) 1: a false discovery, illusion, or deliberate hoax 2: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MARE'S NEST — {n. phr.} Something that doesn't exist; a discovery that proves to be worthless. * /He claims that he has discovered …
Slang English vocab
MARE'S NEST — He has found a mare's nest, and is laughing at the eggs; said of one who laughs without any apparent …
Slang English vocab
MARE'S NEST — Function: noun Synonyms: IMPOSTURE , cheat, flimflam, fraud, hoax, humbug, put-on, sell, spoof, swindle Related Words: babel, clamor, din, hubbub, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MARE'S-NEST — n. Absurd discovery, ridiculous discovery, discovery that is no discovery, self-delusion.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
MARE'S NEST — noun Synonyms: imposture , cheat, flimflam, fraud, hoax, humbug, put-on, sell, spoof, swindle Related Word: babel, clamor, din, hubbub, hullabaloo, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
MARE'S NEST — {n. phr.} Something that doesn't exist; a discovery that proves to be worthless. * /He claims that he has discovered …
Словарь английских идиом
MARE`S-NEST — n иллюзия, заблуждение; to find a ~ е попасть пальцем в небо
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MARE'S NEST — иллюзия газетная утка
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MARE'S-NEST — сущ. иллюзия, нечто несуществующее to find a mare's-nest ≈ попасть пальцем в небо mare's-nest иллюзия, нечто несуществующее; to find a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MARE'S-NEST — _n. иллюзия, нечто несуществующее; to find a mare's-nest попасть пальцем в небо
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MARE'S-NEST — сущ.иллюзия, нечто несуществующее•• to find a mare's-nest — попасть пальцем в небо
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MARE'S NEST — иллюзия, нечто несуществующее
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
MARE'S NEST — иллюзия, нечто несуществующее
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
MARE'S-NEST — сущ. иллюзия, нечто несуществующее •• to find a mare's-nest — попасть пальцем в небо
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MARE'S-NEST — сущ. иллюзия, нечто несуществующее •• to find a mare's-nest — попасть пальцем в небо
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
MARE'S-NEST — _n. иллюзия, нечто несуществующее - find a mare's-nest
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
MARE'S-NEST — n. иллюзия, нечто несуществующее - find a mare's-nest
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
MARE'S-NEST — _n. иллюзия, нечто несуществующее; to find a mare's-nest попасть пальцем в небо
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
MARE'S-NEST — [n.] иллюзия, заблуждение to find a ~ {сочетание} попасть пальцем в небо
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
MARE`S-NEST — n иллюзия, заблуждение; to find a ~ е попасть пальцем в небо
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
MARE`S-NEST — n иллюзия, заблуждение; to find a ~ е попасть пальцем в небо
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MARE'S-NEST — сущ. иллюзия, нечто несуществующее to find a mare's-nest ≈ попасть пальцем в небо mare's-nest иллюзия, нечто несуществующее; to find a …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MARE'S NEST — иллюзия газетная утка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MARE — cavalla. MARE'S NEST: fiasco
English interlingue dictionary
MARE — kabayo'ng baye;kabayong baye
English-Visayan vocabulary
MARE — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German mara incubus, Serbo-Croatian mora night~ Date: before …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NEST — Structure built by an animal as a permanent home or for bearing and rearing offspring. The social insects build systems …
Английский словарь Британика
MARE — I Any flat, low, dark plain on the Moon . Maria are huge impact basins containing lava flows marked by …
Английский словарь Британика
NEST — I. ˈnest noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Middle Dutch & …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MARE — I. mare noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German & Old Norse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NEST — (n.) A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy …
Английский словарь Webster
NEST — ( n. ) A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NEST — — nestable , adj. — nester , n. — nestlike , adj. — nesty , adj. /nest/ , n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MARE — mare 1 /mair/ , n. a fully mature female horse or other equine animal. [ bef. 900; ME, var. of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NEST — I. ˈnest noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German nest nest, Latin nidus Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MARE — I. mare noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German mara incubus, Serbo-Croatian mora nightmare Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NEST — vi to build and occupy a nest. 2. nest ·vt to put into a nest; to form a nest for. …
Webster English vocab
MARE — noun the female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds. 2. mare ·noun sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a …
Webster English vocab
NEST — [nest] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG nest nest, L nidus] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a bed or receptacle …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MARE — [mare] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG mara incubus, Serbo-Croatian mora nightmare] (bef. 12c) obs: an evil preternatural being …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NEST — nest, Nest BrE AmE nest ▷ nested ˈnest ɪd -əd ▷ nesting ˈnest ɪŋ ▷ nests nests ▶ ˈ nest …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MARE — I mare 'she-horse' BrE AmE meə AmE me ə r mæ ə r ▷ mares, mare's meəz AmE me ə …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NEST — / nest; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a hollow place or structure that a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MARE — / meə(r); NAmE mer/ noun a female horse or donkey —compare brood mare , filly , stallion • IDIOMS - …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEST — I. nest 1 /nest/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . BIRDS a place made or …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MARE — mare /meə $ mer/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: mere ] 1 . a female …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NEST — n. & v. --n. 1 a structure or place where a bird lays eggs and shelters its young. 2 an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MARE — n. (pl. maria or mares) 1 (in full mare clausum) Law the sea under the jurisdiction of a particular country. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MARE — n. 1 the female of any equine animal, esp. the horse. 2 sl. derog. a woman. ømare's nest an illusory …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NEST — n. & v. n. 1 a structure or place where a bird lays eggs and shelters its young. 2 an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MARE — n. (pl. maria or mares) 1 (in full mare clausum) Law the sea under the jurisdiction of a particular country. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MARE — n. 1 the female of any equine animal, esp. the horse. 2 sl. derog. a woman. mare's nest an illusory …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NEST — n. & v. --n. 1. a structure or place where a bird lays eggs and shelters its young. 2 an …
Oxford English vocab

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