BE BAD NEWS (FOR SB/STH)

Meaning of BE BAD NEWS (FOR SB/STH) in English

to be likely to cause problems :

Central heating is bad news for indoor plants.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BAD — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bad atmosphere ▪ There's a bad atmosphere among the staff. a bad cold …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SB — Solomon Islands
Internet Domains English vocabulary
SB — abbreviation bachelor of science, southbound
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NEWS — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Illustrated London News New York Daily News Newport News news agency news service {{link=U.S. …
Английский словарь Британика
NEWS — I. ˈn(y)üz noun plural but singular or plural in construction Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English newes, from plural of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BAD — I. archaic past of bid or of bide II. ˈbad, -aa(ə)d, -aid adjective ( worse ˈwərs, -ə̄s, -əis ; also …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — I. abbreviation or noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin scientiae baccalaureus Bachelor of Science II. abbreviation 1. sales book …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — symbol Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — abbreviation 1. stilb 2. substantive
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — Symbol, Chem. antimony. [ stibium ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BAD — bad 1 — badness , n. /bad/ , adj., worse, worst; ( Slang ) badder, baddest for 36; n.; adv. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BAD — I. ˈbad adjective ( worse ˈwərs ; worst ˈwərst) Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century 1. a. : failing to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — 1. [New Latin scientiae baccalaureus ] bachelor of science 2. southbound
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — substantive
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NEWS — noun plural but singular in construction Usage: often attributive Date: 15th century 1. a. : a report of recent events …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NEWS — noun something strange or newly happened. 2. news ·noun a bearer of news; a courier; a newspaper. 3. news ·noun …
Webster English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SB — ■ symbol the chemical element antimony. Origin from L. stibium .
Concise Oxford English vocab
SB — [sb] abbreviation substantive Sb [L stibium] abbreviation antimony SB [NL scientiae baccalaureus] abbreviation bachelor of science; simultaneous broadcast, southbound
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NEWS — [news] n pl but sing in constr, often attrib (15c) 1 a: a report of recent events b: previously unknown …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NEWS — news BrE AmE njuːz § nuːz AmE nuːz njuːz ▶ ˈ news ˌ agency BrE AmE ▶ ˈ news ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NEWS — / njuːz; NAmE nuːz/ noun [ U ] 1. new information about sth that has happened recently : What's the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BAD — / bæd; NAmE / adjective , noun , adverb ■ adjective ( worse / wɜːs; NAmE wɜːrs/ worst / wɜːst; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEWS — news S1 W1 /njuːz $ nuːz/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ new , ↑ renewable …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOR — I. for 1 S1 W1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BAD — I. bad 1 S1 W1 /bæd/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative worse /wɜːs $ wɜːrs/, superlative worst /wɜːst $ wɜːrst/) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [L stibium]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NEWS — n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) 1 information about important or interesting recent events, esp. when published or broadcast. 2 (prec. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BAD — adj., n., & adv. --adj. (worse; worst) 1 inferior, inadequate, defective (bad work; a bad driver; bad light). 2 a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NEWS — n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) 1 information about important or interesting recent events, esp. when published or broadcast. 2 (prec. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BAD — adj., n., & adv. adj. (worse; worst) 1 inferior, inadequate, defective (bad work; a bad driver; bad light). 2 a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [ L stibium ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NEWS — n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) 1. information about important or interesting recent events, esp. when published or broadcast. 2 (prec. …
Oxford English vocab
BAD — adj., n., & adv. --adj. (worse; worst) 1. inferior, inadequate, defective (bad work; a bad driver; bad light). 2 a …
Oxford English vocab
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. Etymology: L stibium
Oxford English vocab
NEWS — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. News is information about a recently …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BAD — ( worse, worst) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEWS — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. News is information about a recently …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NEWS — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cookery/wildlife/news etc programme ▪ More and more people are watching cookery programmes on TV. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NEWS — [noun] [U] - information or reports about recent events, or a television or radio programme consisting of such reportsThat's the …
Cambridge English vocab
BAD — (LOW QUALITY) [adjective] - of unacceptably low quality; not acceptableI thought the film was really bad.Bad teachers can make children …
Cambridge English vocab
NEWS — n. Cable News Network Illustrated London News New York Daily News Newport News news agency news service U.S. News & …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BAD — See: GO FROM BAD TO WORSE, IN A BAD WAY, IN BAD, IN ONE'S BAD GRACES, LEAVE A BAD TASTE …
Slang English vocab
NEWS — noun 1 new information ADJECTIVE ▪ brilliant ( BrE , informal ), excellent , fantastic , good , great , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NEWS — See ↑ NEWS 1,2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be in the news • ↑ break the news (to sb)/break it to …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Longman Activator English vocab
BAD — n. 25B6; adjective bad workmanship : SUBSTANDARD, poor, inferior, second-rate, second-class, unsatisfactory, inadequate, unacceptable, not up to scratch, not up …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NEWS — n. 1 tidings, word, information, advice, intelligence; rumour, talk, gossip, hearsay, dirt, scandal, exposé, Colloq info, low-down, scoop, US scuttlebutt, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BAD — adj. 1 poor, wretched, inferior, defective, awful, worthless, miserable, egregious, execrable, substandard, unsatisfactory, disappointing, inadequate, non-standard, Colloq lousy, rotten, crummy, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BAD — See: GO FROM BAD TO WORSE, IN A BAD WAY, IN BAD, IN ONE'S BAD GRACES, LEAVE A BAD TASTE …
Словарь английских идиом
SB — Should Be Slow Blow (type of electric fuse) Sweater Boy For more possible definitions for SB , click here ©1988-2002, …
Most Common Acronyms and Abbreviations English vocabulary
NEWS — noun BAD : The news are never very good nowadays. GOOD : The news is never very good nowadays. BAD …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NEWS — сущ. 1) известие, новость, сообщение news spreads, travels ≈ новости распространяются news about the earthquake ≈ известия о землетрясении What …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOR — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) 1. союз 1) ибо; ввиду того, что (вводит придаточное причины) This is no party question, for …
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