LOOK ON THE BLACK SIDE

Meaning of LOOK ON THE BLACK SIDE in English

informal

take a pessimistic view of a situation.

→ black

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SIDE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLACK — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) black eyed pea black lead black legged kittiwake Black Aesthetic movement Black Arts movement …
Английский словарь Британика
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
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
LOOK — I. ˈlu̇k verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English looken, loken, from Old English lōcian; akin to Middle Dutch loeken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLACK — I. ˈblak adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English blak, from Old English blæc; akin to Old High German blah …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SIDE — side 1 — sideless , adj. /suyd/ , n., adj., v., sided, siding . n. 1. one of the surfaces …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOOK — /look/ , v.i. 1. to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLACK — — blackish , adj. — blackishly , adv. — blackishness , n. /blak/ , adj., blacker, blackest , n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SIDE — I. ˈsīd noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sīde; akin to Old High German sīta side, Old English sīd …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOOK — I. ˈlu̇k verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lōcian; akin to Old Saxon lōcōn to look Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLACK — I. ˈblak adjective Etymology: Middle English blak, from Old English blæc; akin to Old High German blah black, and probably …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SIDE — vi to lean on one side. 2. side ·noun long; large; extensive. 3. side ·vt to furnish with a siding; …
Webster English vocab
LOOK — vt to expect. 2. look ·vt to express or manifest by a look. 3. look ·vt to look at; to …
Webster English vocab
BLACK — noun a black pigment or dye. 2. black ·noun a stain; a spot; a smooch. 3. black ·noun a black …
Webster English vocab
SIDE — [side] n [ME, fr. OE side; akin to OHG sita side, OE sid ample, wide] (bef. 12c) 1 a: the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LOOK — [look] vb [ME, fr. OE locian; akin to OS locon to look] vt (bef. 12c) 1: to make sure or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLACK — [black] adj [ME blak, fr. OE blaec; akin to OHG blah black, and prob. to L flagrare to burn, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLACK — black, Black BrE AmE blæk ▷ blacked blækt ▷ blacker ˈblæk ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ blackest ˈblæk …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SIDE — / saɪd; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun LEFT / RIGHT 1. [ C , usually sing. ] either …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOOK — / lʊk; NAmE / verb , noun , exclamation ■ verb USE EYES 1. [ v ] look (at sb/sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLACK — / blæk; NAmE / adjective , noun , verb ■ adjective ( black·er , black·est ) COLOUR 1. having the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIDE — I. side 1 S1 W1 /saɪd/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . PART OF AN …
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
LOOK — I. look 1 S1 W1 /lʊk/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: locian ] 1 . SEE …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLACK — I. black 1 S1 W1 /blæk/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative blacker , superlative blackest ) [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SIDE — n. & v. --n. 1 a each of the more or less flat surfaces bounding an object (a cube has …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOOK — v., n., & int. --v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BLACK — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 very dark, having no colour from the absorption of all or nearly all incident …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SIDE — n. & v. n. 1 a each of the more or less flat surfaces bounding an object (a cube has …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LOOK — v., n., & int. v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BLACK — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 very dark, having no colour from the absorption of all or nearly all incident …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SIDE — n. & v. --n. 1. a each of the more or less flat surfaces bounding an object (a cube has …
Oxford English vocab
LOOK — v., n., & int. --v. 1. a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Oxford English vocab
BLACK — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. very dark, having no colour from the absorption of all or nearly all incident …
Oxford English vocab
LOOK — I. USING YOUR EYES OR YOUR MIND /lʊk/ ( looks, looking, looked) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIDE — ( sides, siding, sided) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The side …
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
BLACK — ( blacker, blackest, blacks, blacking, blacked) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOOK — I. USING YOUR EYES OR YOUR MIND (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LOOK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLACK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLACK — n. black mica black eyed pea black lead black legged kittiwake Black Aesthetic movement Black Arts movement Black and Tan …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LOOK — Synonyms and related words : NB, admire, air, angle, angle for, animadvert, anticipate, appear, appear like, appearance, ask for, aspect, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLACK
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOOK — n. look at look upon look into look down look in look out look up side look good looking ill …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LOOK — I. noun 1 act of looking at/considering sth ADJECTIVE ▪ little ▪ brief , cursory , quick ▪ careful , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SIDE — INDEX: 1. the part that is furthest from the middle 2. one of the two areas on either side of …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Longman Activator English vocab
LOOK — See ↑ EXPRESSION ON SB'S FACE 1, ↑ LOOK 1,9,10, ↑ SEEM 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ can't look sb in …
Longman Activator English vocab
SIDE — n. 25B6; noun the side of the road : EDGE, border, verge, boundary, margin, fringe(s), flank, bank, perimeter, extremity, periphery, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOOK — n. 25B6; verb Mrs Wright looked at him : GLANCE, gaze, stare, gape, peer; peep, peek, take a look; watch, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLACK — n. 25B6; adjective a black horse : DARK, pitch-black, jet-black, coal-black, inky; Heraldry sable; rare nigrescent. a black night : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOOK — v. 1 Usually, look at. see, observe, consider, contemplate, regard, view, survey, inspect, scrutinize, study, scan; pay attention, attend, notice, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BLACK — adj. 1 jet, jet-black, coal-black, inky, sooty, swart, swarthy, raven, ebony, dusky, Literary ebon, hyacinthine Her hair was as black …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LOOK — I noun BAD : The report takes a close look on meat consumption. GOOD : The report takes a close …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SIDE — 1. сущ. 1) а) сторона; бок; край on the other side ≈ с другой стороны the wrong side of cloth …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LOOK — 1. сущ. 1) а) взгляд to have/take a look at ≈ посмотреть на; ознакомиться с to steal a look ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BLACK
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIDE — side.ogg _I 1. saıd n _I 1. 1> стенка, стена the sides of a box of a vessel - стенки …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ON — on.ogg 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LOOK — look.ogg 1. lʋk n 1. взгляд kind scornful, angry, vacant look - добрый презрительный, сердитый, отсутствующий взгляд to have /to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Concise Oxford English vocab

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