pell-mell in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pell-mell in the Bulgarian»English Dictionary

през PREP

1. през (за място):

през

through

през

via

минавам през реката

cross [or ford] the river

минавам през гората/полето

go across the woods/field

през прозореца/вратата

through the window/door

през България

via [or across] Bulgaria

гледам през рамо

look over the shoulder

хващам през кръста/рамото

put one's arm around sb's waist/shoulders

2. през (за време):

през

in

през

during

през

in the course of

през деня/нощта

during the day/night

през деня/нощта

in the daytime/at night

през зимата/лятото

in (the) winter/(the) summer

през зимата/лятото

during the winter/summer

през август

in August

през цялата година

all year long

през миналия век

during [or in] the last century

3. през (интервал):

през

at intervals (of)

през

at an interval of

през два часа

every two hours

през два сантиметра

at intervals of 2 cm

през две улици

two blocks away

през ден през два

at intervals of two or three days

през колко време?

how often?

4. през fig (преживяване):

през

through

преминавам през страшни мъки

go through severe pain

Phrases:

един през друг inf (безредно)

pell-mell

един през друг inf (безредно)

in a mess [or muddle ] Brit

през куп за грош inf (небрежно)

in a slap-dash manner

през пръсти inf (небрежно)

in a slipshod way

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Everything goes very pell-mell; and although vast quantities of harlots ply their trade there, the other females are not ashamed to dance in the same room as them.

londonist.com

In the 1990s new local-government phone services were added pell-mell.

www.businessghana.com

In order to behave diligently and ethically, managers and staff need better tools to combat the natural obfuscation of complexity and the pell-mell speed of modern work.

www.foodprocessing.com.au

In the midst of all this pell-mell, he still relishes the drops of honey dripping from the honey comb with his tongue stretched out.

www.thehindu.com

At the end of this sequence, in which our society tumbles pell-mell to its own destruction, the apocalypse actually arrives, with flaring lights and rumbling soundscape to match.

www.villagevoice.com

The torpedo may be said therefore to have excluded the pell-mell battle and the use of the ram except on rare occasions.

en.wikipedia.org

Everything comes at you pell-mell, at a rush, sometimes blurrily blinking like neon signage - which is one of his obsessions.

www.independent.co.uk

But prudence dictates that we should refrain from entering pell-mell into the quarrels of the giants lest we be crushed when they collide.

opinion.inquirer.net

These days, a new destination seems to be proclaimed every few weeks, as artists rush about pell-mell in search of fresh terrain to colonize.

www.theawl.com

I would rather die young leaving various accomplishments, some work, my friendship with you, and some other artifacts intact, instead of pell-mell erasing all of these delicate things.

www.nybooks.com