THE SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE GREASE

Meaning of THE SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE GREASE in English

the person who complains loudest gets service

Our clerks put up this sign: The squeaky wheel gets the grease!

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

THE SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE GREASE — the person who complains loudest gets service Our clerks put up this sign: The squeaky wheel gets the grease!
English Idioms vocab
SQUEAKY — adjective see: squeak
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHEEL
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GREASE — I. ˈgrēs noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English grese, grees, from Old French craisse, graisse, cresse, gresse, from (assumed) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SQUEAKY — -kē, -ki adjective ( -er/-est ) : of the nature of, emitting, or tending to emit squeaks his off-key squeaky …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GETS — present third singular of get plural of get
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHEEL
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SQUEAKY — — squeakily , adv. — squeakiness , n. /skwee"kee/ , adj., squeakier, squeakiest . squeaking; tending to squeak: His squeaky …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GREASE — — greaseless , adj. — greaselessness , n. — greaseproof , adj. n. /grees/ ; v. /grees, greez/ , n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SQUEAKY — adj. having a tendency to squeak, making short high-pitched sounds
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SQUEAKY — see squeak II
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHEEL — I. ˈhwēl, ˈwēl noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hweogol, hwēol; akin to Old Norse hvēl …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GREASE — I. ˈgrēs noun Etymology: Middle English grese, from Anglo-French gresse, greisse, creisse, from Vulgar Latin * crassia, from Latin crassus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHEEL — vi to roll forward. 2. wheel ·noun the burden or refrain of a song. 3. wheel ·noun a turn revolution; …
Webster English vocab
GREASE — vt to affect (a horse) with grease, the disease. 2. grease ·vt to cheat or cozen; to overreach. 3. grease …
Webster English vocab
GREASE — [grease] n [ME grese, fr. OF craisse, graisse, fr. (assumed) VL crassia, fr. L crassus fat] (13c) 1 a: rendered …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GREASE — thick, oily lubricant consisting of inedible lard, the rendered fat of waste animal parts, or a petroleum-derived or synthetic oil …
Britannica English vocabulary
SQUEAKY — squeak|y BrE AmE ˈskwiːk |i ▷ squeak|ier i‿ə AmE \ i‿ ə r ▷ squeak|iest i‿ɪst i‿əst ▷ squeak|ily ɪ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHEEL — / wiːl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ON / IN VEHICLES 1. [ C ] one of the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SQUEAKY — / ˈskwiːki; NAmE / adjective making a short, high sound; squeaking : squeaky floorboards a high squeaky voice
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GREASE — / griːs; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] 1. any thick oily substance, especially one that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHEEL — I. wheel 1 S2 W3 /wiːl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hweogol , hweol ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SQUEAKY — squeak ‧ y /ˈskwiːki/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . making very high noises that are not loud: a squeaky voice …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GREASE — I. grease 1 /ɡriːs/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: craisse , graisse …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHEEL — n. & v. --n. 1 a circular frame or disc arranged to revolve on an axle and used to facilitate …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SQUEAKY — adj. (squeakier, squeakiest) making a squeaking sound. øsqueaky clean 1 completely clean. 2 above criticism; beyond reproach. øøsqueakily adv. squeakiness …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHEEL — n. & v. n. 1 a circular frame or disc arranged to revolve on an axle and used to facilitate …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SQUEAKY — adj. (squeakier, squeakiest) making a squeaking sound. squeaky clean 1 completely clean. 2 above criticism; beyond reproach. squeakily adv. squeakiness …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GREASE — n. & v. n. 1 oily or fatty matter esp. as a lubricant. 2 the melted fat of a dead …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHEEL — n. & v. --n. 1. a circular frame or disc arranged to revolve on an axle and used to facilitate …
Oxford English vocab
SQUEAKY — adj. (squeakier, squeakiest) making a squeaking sound. Phrases and idioms: squeaky clean 1. completely clean. 2 above criticism; beyond reproach. …
Oxford English vocab
GREASE — n. & v. --n. 1. oily or fatty matter esp. as a lubricant. 2 the melted fat of a dead …
Oxford English vocab
WHEEL — ( wheels, wheeling, wheeled) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The wheels …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SQUEAKY — Something that is squeaky makes high-pitched sounds. ...squeaky floorboards... He had a squeaky voice. ADJ
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GREASE — ( greases, greasing, greased) 1. Grease is a thick, oily substance which is put on the moving parts of cars …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SQUEAKY — Something that is ~ makes high-pitched sounds. ...~ floorboards... He had a ~ voice. ADJ
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
GREASE — (~s, greasing, ~d) 1. Grease is a thick, oily substance which is put on the moving parts of cars and …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WHEEL
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SQUEAKY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a squeaky voice (= very high and not strong ) ▪ The mouse talks in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GREASE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SQUEAKY — [adjective] -ier, -iestI wish someone would oil that squeaky door.Her voice gets a lot squeakier when she's nervous.(US) 'The squeaky …
Cambridge English vocab
WHEEL
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SQUEAKY — Synonyms and related words : acute, argute, creaky, ear-piercing, howling, keen, keening, penetrating, piercing, piping, reedy, screaky, screeching, screechy, sharp, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SQUEAKY — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SQUEAKY — adj. Squeaky is used with these nouns: ↑ floorboard , ↑ toy , ↑ voice
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SQUEAKY — See ↑ HIGH 7, ↑ VOICE 3
Longman Activator English vocab
GREASE — n. 25B6; noun axle grease : LUBRICANT, lubrication, unguent; informal lube. the kitchen was filmed with grease : FAT, oil, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SQUEAKY — n. (vul) Orc slang for an elf.
Shadow Slang English vocab
WHEEL — 1. сущ. 1) а) колесо to align a wheel ≈ отцентровывать колесо to spin, turn a ≈ крутить колесо, вертеть …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SQUEAKY — прил. 1) пискливый 2) скрипучий Syn : squeaking, creaking писклявый; визгливый скрипучий - * boots сапоги со скрипом > * …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GREASE — 1. сущ. 1) а) топленое сало; жир to cut grease ≈ срезать жир to dissolve grease ≈ растапливать/топить жир a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GETS — Добирается
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SQUEAKY — Пискливый
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
GETS — Делается
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
GETS — Воля
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WHEEL — wheel.ogg 1. wi:l n 1. колесо; колёсико front back wheel - переднее заднее колесо free wheel - свободное колесо ( …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SQUEAKY — a 1. писклявый; визгливый 2. скрипучий squeaky boots - сапоги со скрипом squeaky clean - преим. амер. разг. а) очень …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GREASE — grease.ogg 1. gri:s n 1. топлёное сало; жир grease spot - жирное пятно in prime /pride/ of grease - охот. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WHEEL — 1) колесо; колесико 2) диск; круг 3) барабан; ролик 4) зубчатое колесо, ЗК; шестерня 5) шлифовальный круг 6) возд. , …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
GREASE — 1) пластичный смазочный материал, консистентная смазка || смазывать консистентной смазкой 2) топлёный животный жир 3) зажиривать ( печатную форму ) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WHEEL — 1) колесо; колесико 2) диск; круг 3) барабан; ролик 4) зубчатое колесо, ЗК; шестерня 5) шлифовальный круг 6) возд., мор. штурвал, мор. тж. штурвальное колесо 7) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
GREASE — 1) пластичный смазочный материал, консистентная смазка || смазывать консистентной смазкой 2) топлёный животный жир 3) зажиривать (печатную форму) 4) метео ледяное сало • - aging-resistant …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
WHEEL
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WHEEL — wheel сущ.1) а) колесо to align a wheel — отцентровывать колесо to spin, turn a wheel— крутить колесо, вертеть колесо …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

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