TAKE THE GILT OFF THE GINGERBREAD

Meaning of TAKE THE GILT OFF THE GINGERBREAD in English

( BrE ) to do or be sth that makes a situation or achievement less attractive or impressive

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

TAKE THE GILT OFF THE GINGERBREAD — Brit. cause something to lose its attractiveness or desirability. → gingerbread
Concise Oxford English vocab
TAKE THE GILT OFF THE GINGERBREAD — лишать что-л. привлекательности, показывать что-л. без прикрас, обесценивать что-л.
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TAKE THE GILT OFF THE GINGERBREAD — лишать что-л. привлекательности, показывать что-л. без прикрас, обесценивать что-л.
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TAKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OFF
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GILT — a. aurat; n. folie aurin
English interlingue dictionary
GINGERBREAD — noun Date: 15th century a cake whose ingredients include molasses and ginger, lavish or superfluous ornament especially in architecture, ~ …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GILT — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of gilden to gild Date: 14th century covered with gold or ~ …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GINGERBREAD — In architecture and design, elaborately detailed embellishment, either lavish or superfluous. Though the term is occasionally applied to such highly …
Английский словарь Британика
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OFF
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GINGERBREAD — I. ˈjinjə(r)ˌbred noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English gingerbreed, by folk etymology (influence of Middle English ginger, gingere ginger) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GILT — I. ˈgilt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of gilden to gild — more at gild : covered with …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GINGERBREAD — (n.) A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes.
Английский словарь Webster
GILT — (n.) Money.
Английский словарь Webster
GINGERBREAD — ( n. ) A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — /awf, of/ , adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GINGERBREAD — — gingerbready , adj. /jin"jeuhr bred'/ , n. 1. a type of cake flavored with ginger and molasses. 2. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GILT — gilt 1 /gilt/ , v. 1. a pt. and pp. of gild 1 . adj. 2. gilded. 3. gold in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GINGERBREAD — n. type of cake containing ginger and molasses; rolled cookie containing ginger and molasses
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFF — I. ˈȯf adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English — more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GILT — I. ˈgilt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of gilden to gild Date: 14th century : covered with gold …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GINGERBREAD — noun Date: 15th century 1. : a cake whose ingredients include molasses and ginger 2. [from the fancy shapes and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
OFF — adv denoting opposition or negation. 2. off ·interj away; begone; a command to depart. 3. off ·adv in a …
Webster English vocab
GILT — imp. & ·p.p. of gild. 2. gilt ·vt a female pig, when young. 3. gilt ·noun money. 4. gilt ·- …
Webster English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GINGERBREAD — [gin.ger.bread] n (15c) 1: a cake whose ingredients include molasses and ginger 2. [fr. the fancy shapes and gilding formerly …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GILT — [gilt] adj [ME, fr. pp. of gilden to gild] (14c): covered with gold or gilt: of the color of gold …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GINGERBREAD — gingerbread BrE AmE ˈdʒɪn d ʒ ə bred AmE \ - ə r-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GILT — gilt BrE AmE ɡɪlt (= guilt) ▷ gilts ɡɪlts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — / ɒf; NAmE ɔːf; ɑːf/ adverb , preposition , adjective , noun , verb ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GINGERBREAD — / ˈdʒɪndʒəbred; NAmE -dʒərb-/ noun [ U ] a sweet cake or soft biscuit / cookie flavoured with ginger : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GILT — / gɪlt; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] a thin layer of gold, or sth like gold that is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — I. off 1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . away from a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GINGERBREAD — gin ‧ ger ‧ bread /ˈdʒɪndʒəbred $ -dʒər-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: gingebras 'preserved ginger' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GINGERBREAD — Gingerbread BrE AmE the former name of a British organization which provides support and practical help for single parents and …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GILT — I. gilt 1 /ɡɪlt/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [uncountable] a thin shiny material, such as gold or something similar, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GILT — adj. & n. --adj. 1 covered thinly with gold. 2 gold-coloured. --n. 1 gold or a goldlike substance applied in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GILT — adj. & n. adj. 1 covered thinly with gold. 2 gold-coloured. n. 1 gold or a goldlike substance applied in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1. away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
GILT — 1. adj. & n. --adj. 1. covered thinly with gold. 2 gold-coloured. --n. 1. gold or a goldlike substance applied …
Oxford English vocab
TAKE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — The preposition is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/. The adverb is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/ Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GINGERBREAD — Gingerbread is a sweet biscuit or cookie that is flavoured with ginger. It is often made in the shape of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GILT — ( gilts) 1. A gilt object is covered with a thin layer of gold or gold paint. ...marble columns and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GINGERBREAD — Gingerbread is a sweet biscuit or cookie that is flavoured with ginger. It is often made in the shape of …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
GINGERBREAD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES One Parent Families/Gingerbread COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN house ▪ She shied away from architectural …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GILT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN chair ▪ Fights frequently broke out in the course of which gilt chairs got …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GINGERBREAD — [noun] [U] - a type of cake, often very dark brown, which contains gingerCompare ginger nut at ginger.A gingerbread man …
Cambridge English vocab
GILT — [adjective] [not gradable] - covered with a thin layer of gold or a substance which is intended to look like …
Cambridge English vocab
GINGERBREAD — A cake made of treacle, flour, and grated ginger; also money. He has the gingerbread; he is rich.
Slang English vocab
GILT — GILT, or RUM DUBBER. A thief who picks locks, so called from the gilt or picklock key: many of them …
Slang English vocab
OFF — adj. sup off sup off or up back off blow off bring off buck off bug off bump off burn …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
GINGERBREAD — noun Gingerbread is used before these nouns: ↑ cookie
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary

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