CAN'T DO STH FOR TOFFEE

Meaning of CAN'T DO STH FOR TOFFEE in English

( old-fashioned , BrE , informal ) if sb can't do sth for toffee , they are very bad at doing it :

He can't dance for toffee!

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
CAN — I. modal verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a beer bottle/can (= a bottle/can for beer ) ▪ Empty beer cans …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOFFEE — taffe; (a sweet) bonbon
English interlingue dictionary
TOFFEE — also toffy noun (plural ~s; also toffies) Etymology: alteration of taffy Date: 1825 candy of brittle but tender texture made …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
T — I. ˈtē noun ( plural t's or ts ˈtēz) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive 1. a. : the 20th letter …
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
DO — I. (|)dü, _də or +V _dəw verb ( past first & third singular did (|)did, _dəd ; or nonstandard done …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAN — I. _kən, (|)kan; esp after a stressed vowel _k ə ŋ; esp in NewEng (|) ke(ə)n; esp dial (|) kin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOFFEE — noun also tof·fy ˈtȯfē, -ˈtäf-, -fi ( plural toffees also toffies ) Etymology: alteration of taffy 1. a. : candy …
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
TOFFEE — (n.) Alt. of Toffy
Английский словарь Webster
TOFFEE — ( n. ) Alt. of Toffy
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOFFEE — /taw"fee, tof"ee/ , n. taffy. Also, toffy .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DO — do 1 /dooh/ ; unstressed /doo, deuh/ , v. and auxiliary v., pres. sing. 1st pers. do , 2nd do …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAN — can 1 /kan/ ; unstressed /keuhn/ , auxiliary v. and v., pres. sing. 1st pers. can , 2nd can or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TOFFEE — n. candy made of sugar and butter
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DO — I. ˈdü verb ( did ˈdid, dəd ; done ˈdən ; do·ing ˈdü-iŋ ; does ˈdəz) Etymology: Middle English don, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAN — I. kən, ˈkan also ˈken; dialect ˈkin verb ( past could kəd, ˈku̇d ; present singular & plural can ) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOFFEE — also tof·fy ˈtȯ-fē, ˈtä- ( plural toffees also toffies ) Etymology: alteration of taffy Date: 1825 : candy of brittle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOFFEE — noun ·alt. of toffy.
Webster English vocab
DO — noun deed; act; fear. 2. do ·noun a cheat; a swindle. 3. do ·noun ado; bustle; stir; to do. 4. …
Webster English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TOFFEE — toffee BrE AmE ˈtɒf i AmE \ ˈtɑːf i ˈtɔːf- ▷ toffee|s z ▶ ˈ toffee ˌ apple, ˌ•• ˈ•• …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DO
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAN — I . / kən; NAmE ; kæn/ modal verb —see also can (II) ( negative can·not / ˈkænɒt; NAmE -nɑːt/, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOFFEE — / ˈtɒfi; NAmE ˈtɔːfi; ˈtɑːfi/ noun [ U , C ] a hard sticky sweet / candy made by heating …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
T — (also t ) / tiː; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] ( pl. Ts , T's , t's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOFFEE — tof ‧ fee /ˈtɒfi $ ˈtɑːfi/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] 1 . a sticky sweet brown substance that …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
T — T BrE AmE , t /tiː/ ( plural T’s , t’s ) noun 1 . [uncountable and countable] the 20th …
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
DO
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAN — I. can 1 S1 W1 /kən; strong kæn/ BrE AmE modal verb ( negative short form can’t ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOFFEE — n. (also toffy) (pl. toffees or toffies) 1 a kind of firm or hard sweet softening when sucked or chewed, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DO — v. & n. --v. (3rd sing. present does; past did; past part. done) 1 tr. perform, carry out, achieve, complete …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOFFEE — n. (also toffy) (pl. toffees or toffies) 1 a kind of firm or hard sweet softening when sucked or chewed, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DO — v. & n. v. (3rd sing. present does; past did; past part. done) 1 tr. perform, carry out, achieve, complete …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TOFFEE — n. (also toffy) (pl. toffees or toffies) 1. a kind of firm or hard sweet softening when sucked or chewed, …
Oxford English vocab
DO — 1. v. & n. --v. (3rd sing. present does; past did; past part. done) 1. tr. perform, carry out, achieve, …
Oxford English vocab
CAN — 1. v.aux. (3rd sing. present can; past could) (foll. by infin. without to, or absol.; present and past only in …
Oxford English vocab
DO — I. AUXILIARY VERB USES /də, STRONG du:/ ( does, doing, did, done) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAN — I. MODAL USES /kən, STRONG kæn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOFFEE — ( toffees) 1. Toffee is a sticky sweet that you chew. It is made by boiling sugar and butter together …
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
TOFFEE — (~s) 1. Toffee is a sticky sweet that you chew. It is made by boiling sugar and butter together with …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TOFFEE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES toffee apple EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He had roast beef and sticky toffee pudding. ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
T — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES can/can't cope ▪ Older people can't cope so well with the heat. don't expect miracles ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOFFEE — [noun] - a hard, chewy, often brown sweet that is made from sugar boiled with buttera lump of sticky toffee …
Cambridge English vocab
TOFFEE — noun Toffee is used before these nouns: ↑ apple
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DO — verb 1 DO · HAVE · MAKE · TAKE Many phrases begin with a very common very such as do, …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
TOFFEE — сущ. ириска Syn : taffy II 1) not for toffee тоффи (конфета типа ириса) > not for * (сленг) ни …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
T — I сокр. от temperature температура II сокр. от tension напряжение; натяжение III сокр. от t - true истинный 20-я буква …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
T — сущ.; мн. Ts, T's двадцатая буква англ. алфавита mark with a T ист. ≈ выжигать вору клеймо в виде буквы …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
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 …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DO — I (полная форма); (редуцированные формы) 1. гл.; прош. вр. - did, прич. прош. вр. - done 1) делать, выполнять, осуществлять …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CAN
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TOFFEE — n тоффи ( конфета типа ириса ) not for toffee - сл. ни за что; ни за какие коврижки not …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
T — n ( pl Ts, t's ti:z ) 1. 20-я буква английского алфавита 2. 1> серийный номер 20 или 19 2> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOR — for.ogg 1. fɔ: n довод в пользу чего-л. fors and againsts - доводы за и против 2. fɔ: (полная форма); …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DO — do.ogg _I 1. du: n ( pl dos, do's du:z ) 1. разг. обман, мошенничество, надувательство; «розыгрыш» nothing but a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CAN — can.ogg _I kæn (полная форма); kən,kn (редуцированные формы) v (could; отриц. форма cannot, can't; 2-е л. ед. ч. наст. вр. …
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