wooden horse in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for wooden horse in the English»Italian Dictionary

wooden horse [ˌwʊdnˈhɔːs] N

1. wooden horse HISTORY:

wooden horse

= struttura in legno con il dorso spiovente in cui venivano fatti sedere i soldati colpevoli di un qualche crimine

2. wooden horse:

wooden horse

cavallo m di Troia also fig

Translations for wooden horse in the English»Italian Dictionary

wooden [Brit ˈwʊd(ə)n, Am ˈwʊdn] ADJ

1. wooden:

wooden furniture, implement, house, floor

di, in legno

wooden leg

di legno

wooden shoe

sabot

2. wooden fig:

wooden acting

legnoso, impacciato

wooden expression

stereotipato, inespressivo

I.horse [Brit hɔːs, Am hɔrs] N

1. horse:

horse

cavallo m

the horses (horseracing) inf, fig

le corse dei cavalli

2. horse:

horse (in gym)

cavallo m

horse (pommel)

cavallo m con maniglie

3. horse U MIL:

horse

cavalleria f

4. horse (heroin):

horse inf

ero(ina) f

5. horse Am (condom):

horse inf

preservativo m

II.horse [Brit hɔːs, Am hɔrs] VB trans

horse person

dare un cavallo a

horse chart

attaccare un cavallo a

III.horse [Brit hɔːs, Am hɔrs] VB intr

horse

andare a cavallo

IV.horse [Brit hɔːs, Am hɔrs]

I could eat a horse

ho una fame da lupi

to back the wrong horse

puntare sul cavallo perdente

to eat like a horse

mangiare come un lupo or per quattro

to flog a dead horse Brit inf , to beat a dead horse Am inf

pestare l'acqua nel mortaio

(straight) from the horse's mouth information:

di prima mano

to get on one's high horse

darsi delle arie or alzare la cresta

hold your horses! inf

calma!

it's horses for courses

= persone diverse sono adatte a situazioni o compiti diversi

you can take or lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink prov

non si può fare bere un asino per forza

that's a horse of a different colour

è un altro paio di maniche

to work like a horse

lavorare come un mulo

wild horses wouldn't drag it out of me

non te lo dico neanche morto

wild horses wouldn't drag me there!

non ci andrei per tutto l'oro del mondo!

wooden horse in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for wooden horse in the English»Italian Dictionary

wooden [ˈwʊ·dn] ADJ

1. wooden (made of wood):

wooden

di legno

wooden leg

gamba f di legno

2. wooden (awkward):

wooden

legnoso, -a

wooden smile

inespressivo, -a

horse [hɔ:rs] N

1. horse ZOOL:

horse

cavallo m

to ride a horse

andare [o montare] a cavallo

to eat like a horse

mangiare come un lupo

2. horse SPORTS:

horse

cavallo m

Phrases:

to change horses (in) midstream

cambiare idea a metà strada

to get sth straight from the horse's mouth

sapere qc da fonti dirette

don't look a gift horse in the mouth prov

a caval donato non si guarda in bocca prov

to flog a dead horse

perdere tempo (tentando qc)

to hold one's horses inf

non essere impaziente

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The central ventilator is roughly three times the height of the wing ventilators, and is topped by a lifesized iron-reinforced wooden horse weathervane.

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They are scarecrows with pumpkin heads doing various things such as playing the fiddle or riding a wooden horse.

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The assassin makes a wooden horse for his son, but the other children mock it for looking amateurish.

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Together with his father, he built a wooden horse about 1763.

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