Translations for „harum-scarum“ in the English » German Dictionary

I . harum-scarum [ˌheərəmˈskeərəm, Am ˌherəmˈskerəm] ADJ pred

harum-scarum

unbesonnen

harum-scarum

unbedacht

II . harum-scarum [ˌheərəmˈskeərəm, Am ˌherəmˈskerəm] N

harum-scarum

unbedachter Mensch

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English

Missed chances, missed clearances, deflections, misjudgments: this was an accumulation of wayward moments that delivered a harum-scarum encounter.

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There is an alternative to the harum-scarum of clearing.

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The painter has been described as a harum-scarum character, but also as a dashing painter, who was able to seize quickly and firmly upon a likeness.

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Reckless, naughty, harum-scarum, he got up to lots of mischief and, sometimes, "more than that".

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The title is a homonym with an old nonsense expression (harum-scarum, meaning reckless or irresponsible) that has nothing to do with rabbits as such.

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Here then, nine years after 9/11, was tragedy replayed as something much creepier than farce: emotionally cleansed, harum-scarum entertainment.

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Most firms are staffed by a number of flakes: harum-scarum, scatterbrained colleagues who can not be trusted to complete future tasks.

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I won't say my father is harum-scarum.

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