Translations for „hobby-horse“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

hobby-horse [ˈhɒbɪhɔ:s, Am ˈhɑ:bɪhɔ:rs] N

1. hobby-horse (toy):

hobby-horse

деревя́нная лоша́дка f

2. hobby-horse (favourite topic of conversation):

hobby-horse

„конёк“ m

hobby-horse

предме́т m увлече́ния

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It is the first reliable claim for a practically used bicycle, basically the first commercially successful two-wheeled, steerable, human-propelled machine commonly called a velocipede, nicknamed hobby-horse or dandy horse.

en.wikipedia.org

Details differ slightly from place to place, but there are usually two or three hobby-horses (of the tourney type).

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How the use, or not, of the traffic indicator has changed in recent years is one of my hobby-horses.

www.westmeathexaminer.ie

It's very disappointing if it's the case that clubs are being denied players, it has been a hobby-horse of mine for 40 years but nothing has changed.

www.irishexaminer.com

My main argument, however, is that the word "velocipede" was used generically to include all types of machine including even hobby-horses for which it was originally coined.

en.wikipedia.org

Book and characters are saturated with the author's enthusiasms, views and hobby-horses.

www.telegraph.co.uk