LIKE A CAT ON HOT BRICKS

Meaning of LIKE A CAT ON HOT BRICKS in English

Словно кошка на горячих кирпичах. Ср. Сидеть, как на иголках

English sayings. Английские поговорки. 2012

LIKE A CAT ON HOT BRICKS — adj. restless; skittish; agitated and nervous and unable to remain still
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LIKE A CAT ON HOT BRICKS — ( BrE ) very nervous : She was like a cat on hot bricks before her driving test.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIKE A CAT ON HOT BRICKS — как на горячих угольях
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LIKE A CAT ON HOT BRICKS — как на горячих угольях
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LIKE A CAT ON HOT BRICKS — adj BrE infml You're like a cat on hot bricks today. What's wrong? — Ты сегодня какой-то дерганый. Что случилось? He was …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
LIKE A CAT ON HOT BRICKS — adj BrE infml You're like a cat on hot bricks today. What's wrong? — Ты сегодня какой-то дерганый. Что случилось? …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
LIKE A CAT ON HOT BRICKS — cat on hot bricks, like a adj BrE infml You're like a cat on hot bricks today. What's wrong? Ты …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
LIKE A CAT ON HOT BRICKS — You're like a cat on hot bricks today. What's wrong? — Ты сегодня какой-то дерганый. Что случилось? He was like …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
ON
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAT — I or feline Any member of the family Felidae, the most highly specialized group of mammalian carnivore s. Modern-type cats …
Английский словарь Британика
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIKE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAT — I. ˈkat, usu -ad.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English cat, catte, from Old English catt, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BRICKS — plural of brick present third singular of brick
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIKE — like 1 — liker , n. /luyk/ , adj., ( Poetic ) liker, likest , prep., adv., conj., n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOT
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAT — /kat/ , n. , v. , catted, catting . n. 1. a small domesticated carnivore, Felis domestica or F. catus, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIKE
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOT
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIKE — adj likely; probably. 2. like ·adj in a like or similar manner. 3. like ·vi to be pleased; to choose. …
Webster English vocab
CAT — noun a cat o' nine tails. ·see below. 2. cat ·noun a strong tackle used to draw an anchor up …
Webster English vocab
HOT
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CAT — (family Felidae), any of a group of carnivorous mammals that includes the true catslion, tiger, jaguar, leopard, puma, and domestic …
Britannica English vocabulary
HOT — hot BrE AmE hɒt AmE hɑːt ▷ hots hɒts AmE hɑːts ▷ hotted ˈhɒt ɪd -əd AmE ˈhɑːt̬ əd ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CAT — cat BrE AmE kæt ▷ cats kæts ▶ ˈ cat ˌ burglar BrE AmE ▶ ˈ cat ˌ cracker BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LIKE — / laɪk; NAmE / preposition , verb , conjunction , noun , adjective , adverb ■ preposition 1. similar to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOT — / hɒt; NAmE hɑːt/ adjective , verb ■ adjective ( hot·ter , hot·test ) TEMPERATURE 1. having a high temperature; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAT
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIKE — I. like 1 S1 W1 /laɪk/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ like 6 ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOT — adj., v., & adv. --adj. (hotter, hottest) 1 a having a relatively or noticeably high temperature. b (of food or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CAT — n. & v. --n. 1 a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOT — adj., v., & adv. adj. (hotter, hottest) 1 a having a relatively or noticeably high temperature. b (of food or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CAT — n. & v. n. 1 a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIKE — 1. adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) …
Oxford English vocab
HOT — adj., v., & adv. --adj. (hotter, hottest) 1. a having a relatively or noticeably high temperature. b (of food or …
Oxford English vocab
CAT — n. & v. --n. 1. a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — I. PREPOSITION AND CONJUNCTION USES /laɪk, laɪk/ ( likes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOT — ( hotter, hottest, hots, hotting, hotted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAT — ( cats) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A cat is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cold/warm/hot spell ▪ There was a very cold spell in late November. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cow/cat etc swishes its tail (= quickly moves it from side to side ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAT
Cambridge English vocab
CAT — n. Abyssinian cat Burmese cat calico cat cat's eye domestic cat house cat Kit Cat Club Maine coon cat Manx …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HOT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAT — See: COPY CAT, CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT, FRAIDY-CAT or FRAID-CAT or SCAREDY CAT OY SCARED-CAT, HOLY CATS, LET THE CAT …
Slang English vocab
BRICKS — Housing projects, commonly used as the name for Newark, New Jersey. Example: My house is in the bricks.
Slang English vocab
LIKE — See ↑ ENJOY 1, ↑ EXAMPLE 3, ↑ LIKE 1,7, ↑ WAY 8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be just like • …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — INDEX: things 1. to like something 2. to like something very much 3. to like something that could be bad …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOT — INDEX: 1. objects/surfaces/liquids 2. food/drink 3. room/place/weather 4. warm, but not hot 5. when you feel hot 6. clothes that …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOT — See ↑ FASHIONABLE/NOT FASHIONABLE 1, ↑ HOT 1,2,3,5, ↑ TASTE 6, ↑ WEATHER 7 ◆◆◆ • ↑ baking/baking hot • …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOT — adj. 25B6; adjective hot food : HEATED, piping (hot), sizzling, steaming, roasting, boiling (hot), searing, scorching, scalding, red-hot. a hot …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAT
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BRICKS — n. 1) to lay ~ (a bricklayer lays ~) 2) to point ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
HOT
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CAT — See: COPY CAT, CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT, FRAIDY-CAT or FRAID-CAT or SCAREDY CAT OY SCARED-CAT, HOLY CATS, LET THE CAT …
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