Translations for old 'wives' tale in the English»Serbian Dictionary

old 'wives' tale N

old wives' tale

bapske priče f

Translations for old 'wives' tale in the English»Serbian Dictionary

tale [teɪl] N

1. tale:

tale (story)

priča f

tale (true story)

istinita priča f

fairy tale

bajka

2. tale:

tale (lie)

laž f

tale (gossip)

trač m

tall tales

izmišljotina

tall tales

lovačke priče

to tell tales

pričati (lažne) priče

Phrases:

to live to tell the tale also hum inf

preživeti

to tell its own tale

biti očit sam po sebi

I.old [əʊld] ADJ

1. old person, animal, object:

old

star

2. old after n (denoting an age):

old

star

3. old attr (former):

old

bivši

old job

prethodni

4. old attr (long known):

old

davnašnji

5. old attr inf (expression of affection):

old

stari

I hear poor old Frank's lost his job

čuo sam da je jadni stari Frenk izgubio posao

6. old attr inf (any):

I don't want to eat in just any old place — I want to go to a romantic restaurant!

neću da jedem bilo gde - želim da idem u neki romantičan restoran!

any old present/rubbish/thing

bilo kakav poklon/koještarija/stvar

a load of old rubbish! pej

gluposti!

Phrases:

to be as tough as old boots

čvrsti kao stena

you can't teach an old dog new tricks prov

staro drvo se ne savija, psa ne možeš učiti novim trikovima (stara osoba se ne može naučiti novim veštinama)

money for old rope

lako zarađen novac

II.old [əʊld] N

the old pl

stari

no singl young and old

mladi i stari

III.old [əʊld] COMP

a twenty-one-year-old

dvadesetjednogodišnjak