A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS

Meaning of A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS in English

a person who is always moving has few possessions

"Look at me. I have nothing to keep me in one place." "Yes, but it seems you have always been a rolling stone."

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

A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS — ( saying ) a person who moves from place to place, job to job, etc. does not have a lot …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS — * rolling stone gathers no moss, a Кому на месте не сидится, тот добра не наживёт
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS — Катящийся камень мхом не обрастает; кому на месте не сидится, тот добра не наживёт. ( Ср. с рус. "перекати-поле")
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STONE — I In building construction, rock cut into blocks and slabs or broken into pieces. It comes as hard as granite …
Английский словарь Британика
ROLLING — In technology, the main method of forming molten glass , or other substances into shapes that are small in cross-section …
Английский словарь Британика
MOSS — I Any of at least 12,000 species of small, spore-bearing land plants in the bryophyte division, found worldwide except in …
Английский словарь Британика
STONE — I. ˈstōn noun ( -s ; see sense 3 ) Etymology: Middle English stan, ston, stoon, from Old English stān; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROLLING — I. ˈrōliŋ, -lēŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of rollen, rolen to roll — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NO
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOSS — I. ˈmȯs also ˈmäs noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English mos, moss, from Old English mōs; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GATHERS — present third singular of gather plural of gather
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROLLING — (a.) Having gradual, rounded undulations of surface; as, a rolling country; rolling land.
Английский словарь Webster
ROLLING — (a.) Moving on wheels or rollers, or as if on wheels or rollers; as, a rolling chair.
Английский словарь Webster
ROLLING — (a.) Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on an …
Английский словарь Webster
MOSS — (v. t.) To cover or overgrow with moss.
Английский словарь Webster
ROLLING — ( a. ) Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ROLLING — ( a. ) Moving on wheels or rollers, or as if on wheels or rollers; as, a rolling chair.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ROLLING — ( a. ) Having gradual, rounded undulations of surface; as, a rolling country; rolling land.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOSS — ( v. t. ) To cover or overgrow with moss.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STONE — — stonable, stoneable , adj. — stoneless , adj. — stonelessness , n. — stonelike , adj. — stoner , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NO — no 1 /noh/ , adv., adj., n., pl. noes, nos , v. adv. 1. (a negative used to express dissent, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOSS — — mosslike , adj. /maws, mos/ , n. 1. any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GATHERS — n. folds; puckers; wrinkles in cloth; pleats
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STONE — I. ˈstōn noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stān; akin to Old High German stein stone, Old Church Slavic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NO — I. ˈnō adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nā, from ne not + ā always; akin to Old Norse …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOSS
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STONE
Webster English vocab
ROLLING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of roll. 2. rolling ·adj moving on wheels or rollers, or as if on wheels or rollers; …
Webster English vocab
MOSS — vt to cover or overgrow with moss. 2. moss ·noun a bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the …
Webster English vocab
GATHERS — a part of a garment that is gathered or drawn in. → gather
Concise Oxford English vocab
STONE — [stone] n (bef. 12c) 1: a concretion of earthy or mineral matter: a (1): such a concretion of indeterminate size …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOSS
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ROLLING — in technology, the principal method of forming molten metals, glass, or other substances into shapes that are small in cross-section …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOSS — (class Bryopsida, or Musci), any of at least 10,000 species of small, spore-bearing land plants (division Bryophyta) distributed throughout the …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOSS — town, port, and seat of stfold fylke (county), southeastern Norway, on the eastern shore of Oslo Fjord. Founded in the …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOSS — moss, Moss BrE AmE mɒs AmE mɔːs mɑːs ▷ mosses ˈmɒs ɪz -əz AmE ˈmɔːs əz ˈmɑːs-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STONE — / stəʊn; NAmE stoʊn/ noun , verb ■ noun HARD SUBSTANCE 1. [ U ] (often used before nouns or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROLLING — / ˈrəʊlɪŋ; NAmE ˈroʊ-/ adjective [ only before noun ] 1. ( of hills or countryside ) having gentle slopes …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO — / nəʊ; NAmE noʊ/ exclamation , determiner , adverb , noun ■ exclamation 1. used to give a negative reply …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOSS — / mɒs; NAmE mɔːs/ noun [ U , C ] a very small green or yellow plant without flowers that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GATHERS — / ˈgæðəz; NAmE ˈgæðərz/ noun [ pl. ] small folds that are sewn into a piece of clothing
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STONE — I. stone 1 S2 W1 /stəʊn $ stoʊn/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ stoned , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROLLING — roll ‧ ing /ˈrəʊlɪŋ $ ˈroʊ-/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] [ Word Family: verb : ↑ roll , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NO — I. no 1 S1 W1 /nəʊ $ noʊ/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: na , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOSS — Moss, Kate /keɪt/ BrE AmE (1974–) a famous British model. She is well-known for being very thin. She has also …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOSS — moss /mɒs $ mɒːs/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: mos 'wet ground' ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STONE — n. & v. --n. 1 a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NO — adv. & n. --adv. 1 equivalent to a negative sentence: the answer to your question is negative, your request or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NO — adj. 1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOSS — n. & v. --n. 1 any small cryptogamous plant of the class Musci, growing in dense clusters on the surface …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STONE — n. & v. n. 1 a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NO — adv. & n. adv. 1 equivalent to a negative sentence: the answer to your question is negative, your request or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NO — adj. 1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOSS — n. & v. n. 1 any small cryptogamous plant of the class Musci, growing in dense clusters on the surface …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STONE — n. & v. --n. 1. a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Oxford English vocab
NO — 1. adj.1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
MOSS — n. & v. --n. 1. any small cryptogamous plant of the class Musci, growing in dense clusters on the surface …
Oxford English vocab
STONE — ( stones, stoning, stoned) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The plural …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROLLING — 1. Rolling hills are small hills with gentle slopes that extend a long way into the distance. ...the rolling countryside …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO — ( noes, or no’s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOSS — ( mosses) Moss is a very small soft green plant which grows on damp soil, or on wood or stone. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOSS — (~es) Moss is a very small soft green plant which grows on damp soil, or on wood or stone. ...ground …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
STONE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brick/stone/wooden building ▪ The farmhouse is a long stone building about a century …
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