LIKE A HOT POTATO

Meaning of LIKE A HOT POTATO in English

(See drop him like a hot potato)

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

LIKE A HOT POTATO — See drop him like a hot potato
English Idioms vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POTATO — I Herbaceous annual ( Solanum tuberosum ) in the nightshade family . One of the world's main food crops, the …
Английский словарь Британика
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
POTATO — pəˈtād.(ˌ)ō, -ād.ə, -ātə sometimes pəd.ˈād.- noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Spanish patata, batata, from Taino batata 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POTATO — /peuh tay"toh, -teuh/ , n. , pl. potatoes . 1. Also called Irish potato, white potato . the edible tuber …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIKE — like 1 — liker , n. /luyk/ , adj., ( Poetic ) liker, likest , prep., adv., conj., n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POTATO — pə-ˈdā-, bə- noun ( plural -toes ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Spanish batata, from Taino Date: 1565 1. : sweet …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POTATO — noun the sweet potato (see below). 2. potato ·noun a plant (solanum tuberosum) of the nightshade family, and its esculent …
Webster English vocab
LIKE — adj likely; probably. 2. like ·adj in a like or similar manner. 3. like ·vi to be pleased; to choose. …
Webster English vocab
POTATO — [po.ta.to] n, pl -toes often attrib [Sp batata, fr. Taino] (1565) 1: sweet potato 2. a: an erect So. American …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
POTATO — (Solanum tuberosum), one of some 150 tuber-bearing species of the genus Solanum (family Solanaceae). The potato (common potato, white potato, …
Britannica English vocabulary
POTATO — potato BrE AmE pə ˈteɪt əʊ !!bə- AmE \ pə ˈteɪt̬ oʊ pət̬ ˈeɪt̬-, -ə ▷ potato|es z ▶ po …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOT — hot BrE AmE hɒt AmE hɑːt ▷ hots hɒts AmE hɑːts ▷ hotted ˈhɒt ɪd -əd AmE ˈhɑːt̬ əd ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POTATO — / pəˈteɪtəʊ; NAmE -toʊ/ noun [ C , U ] ( pl. -oes ) a round white vegetable with a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIKE — / laɪk; NAmE / preposition , verb , conjunction , noun , adjective , adverb ■ preposition 1. similar to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOT — / hɒt; NAmE hɑːt/ adjective , verb ■ adjective ( hot·ter , hot·test ) TEMPERATURE 1. having a high temperature; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POTATO — po ‧ ta ‧ to S2 /pəˈteɪtəʊ $ -toʊ/ BrE AmE noun ( plural potatoes ) [ Date: 1500-1600 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIKE — I. like 1 S1 W1 /laɪk/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ like 6 ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOT — adj., v., & adv. --adj. (hotter, hottest) 1 a having a relatively or noticeably high temperature. b (of food or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POTATO — n. (pl. -oes) 1 a starchy plant tuber that is cooked and used for food. 2 the plant, Solanum tuberosum, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOT — adj., v., & adv. adj. (hotter, hottest) 1 a having a relatively or noticeably high temperature. b (of food or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POTATO — n. (pl. -oes) 1. a starchy plant tuber that is cooked and used for food. 2 the plant, Solanum tuberosum, …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — 1. adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) …
Oxford English vocab
HOT — adj., v., & adv. --adj. (hotter, hottest) 1. a having a relatively or noticeably high temperature. b (of food or …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — I. PREPOSITION AND CONJUNCTION USES /laɪk, laɪk/ ( likes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POTATO — ( potatoes) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Potatoes are quite round …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOT — ( hotter, hottest, hots, hotting, hotted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POTATO — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a tomato/potato/bean etc plant ▪ Bean plants are easy to grow. couch potato fruit/potato salad …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cold/warm/hot spell ▪ There was a very cold spell in late November. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POTATO — [noun] [plural] potatoes - a roundish white vegetable with a light brown, red or pink skin which grows underground and …
Cambridge English vocab
POTATO — n. Colorado potato beetle potato bug Irish Potato Famine potato beetle sweet potato
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
POTATO — n. Herbaceous annual ( Solanum tuberosum ) in the nightshade family . One of the world's main food crops, the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIKE — See ↑ ENJOY 1, ↑ EXAMPLE 3, ↑ LIKE 1,7, ↑ WAY 8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be just like • …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — INDEX: things 1. to like something 2. to like something very much 3. to like something that could be bad …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOT — INDEX: 1. objects/surfaces/liquids 2. food/drink 3. room/place/weather 4. warm, but not hot 5. when you feel hot 6. clothes that …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOT — See ↑ FASHIONABLE/NOT FASHIONABLE 1, ↑ HOT 1,2,3,5, ↑ TASTE 6, ↑ WEATHER 7 ◆◆◆ • ↑ baking/baking hot • …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOT — adj. 25B6; adjective hot food : HEATED, piping (hot), sizzling, steaming, roasting, boiling (hot), searing, scorching, scalding, red-hot. a hot …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LIKE — I verb 1 BAD : What he likes to know is how much it will cost. GOOD : What he …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
POTATO — сущ. 1) картофель (растение) to bake potato ≈ печь картофель to boil potato ≈ отваривать картофель to fry potato ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIKE — I 1. прил. 1) аналогичный, подобный, похожий, сходный Syn : similar, resembling 2) идентичный, одинаковый, равный, тождественный like sum like …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POTATO — potato.ogg pəʹteıt|əʋ n ( pl -oes -pəʹteıtəʋz ) 1. 1> бот. картофель ( Solanum tuberosum ) potato haulm /foliage, vine/ …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIKE — like.ogg _I 1. laık n 1> чьё-л. подобие; такой же человек we shall not see his like again - такого …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
POTATO — картофель, картофельный crane-type potato loader — загрузчик картофеля кранового типа - potato combine - potato loader
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
POTATO — potato сущ.1) картофель (растение) to bake potato — печь картофель to boil potato — отваривать картофель to fry potato — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
POTATO — n ( pl -oes -pəʹteıtəʋz ) 1. 1> бот. картофель ( Solanum tuberosum ) potato haulm /foliage, vine/ - картофельная …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LIKE — _I 1. laık n 1) чьё-л. подобие; такой же человек we shall not see his like again - такого человека, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
POTATO — сущ. 1) картофель ( растение ) to bake potato — печь картофель to boil potato — отваривать картофель to fry …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LIKE — I 1. прил. 1) аналогичный, подобный, похожий, сходный Syn: similar , resembling 2) идентичный, одинаковый, равный, тождественный - like dispositions …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
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Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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