THE FIRST PANCAKE IS ALWAYS SPOILED

Meaning of THE FIRST PANCAKE IS ALWAYS SPOILED in English

the first attempt or product is usually a failure

When Mr. Putin heard about the problems in the Olympics under the new president, he said, "The first pancake is always spoiled!"

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

PANCAKE — crespe
English interlingue dictionary
SPOILED — dannga
English-Visayan vocabulary
PANCAKE — pangkek
English-Visayan vocabulary
PANCAKE — I. noun Date: 14th century a flat cake made of thin batter and cooked (as on a griddle) on both …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PANCAKE — I. ˈpa]nˌkāk, ˈpaa] sometimes ]ŋˌ-\ noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from panne pan + cake — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIRST — I. ˈfərst, ˈfə̄st, ˈfəist adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fyrst; akin to Old High German & Old Saxon …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALWAYS — ˈȯlwēz, ˈȯu̇w-, -wə̇z, -(ˌ)wāz, before some consonants sometimes -_wə̇s adverb Etymology: Middle English alweyes, alwayes, alteration (influenced by -es -s) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPOILED — (imp. & p. p.) of Spoil
Английский словарь Webster
PANCAKE — (n.) A thin cake of batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; a griddlecake; a flapjack.
Английский словарь Webster
ALWAYS — (adv.) At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, God is always the same.
Английский словарь Webster
SPOILED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Spoil
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PANCAKE — ( n. ) A thin cake of batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; a griddlecake; a flapjack.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ALWAYS — ( adv. ) At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, God is always the same.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PANCAKE — /pan"kayk'/ , n. , v. , pancaked, pancaking . n. 1. a thin, flat cake of batter fried on both …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIRST — — firstness , adj. /ferrst/ , adj. 1. being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALWAYS — /awl"wayz, -weez/ , adv. 1. every time; on every occasion; without exception: He always works on Saturday. 2. all the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOILED — adj. rotten, decayed; excessively indulged, pampered too much
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PANCAKE — n. flat round piece of dough which is fried on both sides, flapjack, griddlecake
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PANCAKE — I. ˈpan-ˌkāk noun Date: 14th century : a flat cake made of thin batter and cooked (as on a griddle) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIRST — I. ˈfərst adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fyrst; akin to Old High German furist first, Old English faran …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ALWAYS — ˈȯ- adverb Etymology: Middle English alwayes, from alwey Date: 14th century 1. : at all times : invariably 2. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPOILED — impf & ·p.p. of spoil.
Webster English vocab
PANCAKE — noun a thin cake of batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; a griddlecake; a flapjack.
Webster English vocab
ALWAYS — adv at all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually; as, god is always the same. 2. always ·adv constancy …
Webster English vocab
PANCAKE — ■ noun 1》 a thin, flat cake of batter, fried and turned in a pan and typically rolled up with …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PANCAKE — [pan.cake] n (14c): a flat cake made of thin batter and cooked (as on a griddle) on both sides [2]pancake …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIRST — [first] adj [ME, fr. OE fyrst; akin to OHG furist first, OE faran to go--more at fare] (bef. 12c): preceding …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PANCAKE — pancak|e BrE AmE ˈpæn keɪk ˈpæŋk eɪk ▷ pancak|ed t ▷ pancak|es s ▷ pancak|ing ɪŋ ▶ ˈ Pancake Day …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FIRST — first BrE AmE fɜːst AmE fɝːst ▷ firsts fɜːsts AmE fɝːsts ▶ ˌ first ˈ aid BrE AmE ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ALWAYS — always BrE AmE ˈɔː l weɪz § \ ˈɒl-, -wɪz, -wəz ˈɑː l -
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPOILED — ➡ spoilt
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PANCAKE — / ˈpænkeɪk; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a thin flat round cake made from a mixture of flour, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRST — / fɜːst; NAmE fɜːrst/ determiner , ordinal number , adverb , noun ■ determiner , ordinal number 1. happening or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALWAYS — / ˈɔːlweɪz; NAmE / adverb 1. at all times; on every occasion : There's always somebody at home in the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPOILED — spoiled /spɔɪld/ BrE AmE ( also spoilt British English ) adjective 1 . a spoiled person, especially a child, is …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIRST — I. first 1 S1 W1 /fɜːst $ fɜːrst/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: fyrst ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ALWAYS — al ‧ ways S1 W1 /ˈɔːlwəz, ˈɔːlwɪz, -weɪz $ ˈɒːl-/ BrE AmE adverb [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PANCAKE — n. & v. --n. 1 a thin flat cake of batter usu. fried and turned in a pan and rolled …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIRST — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 a earliest in time or order. b coming next after a specified or implied …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ALWAYS — adv. 1 at all times; on all occasions (they are always late). 2 whatever the circumstances (I can always sleep …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PANCAKE — n. & v. n. 1 a thin flat cake of batter usu. fried and turned in a pan and rolled …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIRST — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a earliest in time or order. b coming next after a specified or implied …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ALWAYS — adv. 1 at all times; on all occasions (they are always late). 2 whatever the circumstances (I can always sleep …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PANCAKE — n. & v. --n. 1. a thin flat cake of batter usu. fried and turned in a pan and rolled …
Oxford English vocab
FIRST — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. a earliest in time or order. b coming next after a specified or implied …
Oxford English vocab
ALWAYS — adv.1 at all times; on all occasions (they are always late). 2 whatever the circumstances (I can always sleep on …
Oxford English vocab
SPOILED — see spoil
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PANCAKE — ( pancakes) A pancake is a thin, flat, circular piece of cooked batter made from milk, flour, and eggs. Pancakes …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRST — ( firsts) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The first thing, person, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALWAYS — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you always do something, you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIRST — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The ~ thing, person, event, …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ALWAYS — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you ~ do something, you …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SPOILED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a spoilt/spoiled child (= allowed to do or have whatever he or she wants, and …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PANCAKE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES flat as a pancake (= very flat ) ▪ The countryside near there is flat …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IS — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baby is born ▪ Let me know as soon as the baby is born. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIRST — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a first offence ▪ Because it was a first offence, she was not sent …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ALWAYS — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES could always ▪ You could always try phoning her at the office. it’s just what …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PANCAKE — crepe [noun] [C] - a thin flat usually round cake made from a mixture of flour, milk and egg that …
Cambridge English vocab
FIRST — [adjective], [adverb] [not gradable], [noun], [pronoun] - (a person or thing) coming before all others in order, time, amount, quality …
Cambridge English vocab
ALWAYS — [adverb] [not gradable] - every time, all the time or foreverIt's always cold in this room.Will you always love me?(usually …
Cambridge English vocab
SPOILED
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIRST — Synonyms and related words : ab initio, ab ovo, aborigine, ahead, alpha, antecedent, anterior, anticipatory, arch, at first, at the …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ALWAYS — Synonyms and related words : abidingly, again and again, all along, all over, all the time, all the while, at …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ALWAYS — See: GRASS is ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.
Slang English vocab

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