shire horse in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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Translations for shire horse in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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shire [Am ˈʃaɪ(ə)r, Brit ˈʃʌɪə] N

horse [Am hɔrs, Brit hɔːs] N

1. horse C ZOOL:

horse
caballo m
to ride a horse
montar a caballo
to ride a horse
andar a caballo CSur Mex
he lost a lot of money on the horses
perdió mucho dinero en las carreras de caballos
from the horse's mouth inf I want to hear it straight from the horse's mouth
quiero que me lo diga él mismo/ella misma
his/her high horse when he gets on his high horse …
cuando se pone a pontificar …
you'd better get down off your high horse
va a ser mejor que bajes el gallo inf
hold your horses inf
¡un momentito!
horses for courses Brit inf
a cada cual, lo suyo
I could eat a horse
tengo un hambre canina
I could eat a horse
me comería una vaca entera
to back the wrong horse
hacer una mala elección
to be a horse of another or a different color
ser harina de otro costal
to beat or Brit flog a dead horse inf , talking to them about cutting expenditure is a case of beating a dead horse
hablarles de reducir gastos es como arar en el mar or como machacar en hierro frío
asking him to contribute is like beating a dead horse
pedirle que colabore es pedirle peras al olmo
to change horses in midstream
cambiar de parecer (or de política etc.) a mitad de camino
to drive a horse and cart through sth
arrasar con algo
to eat like a horse
comer como un sabañón or como una lima (nueva)
wild horses wild horses wouldn't make me go back to that job
por nada del mundo volvería a ese trabajo
wild horses couldn't keep me away
no me lo perdería por nada del mundo
you can lead or take a horse to water but you can't make it drink prov
puedes darle un consejo a alguien, pero no puedes obligarlo a que lo siga
attr horse blanket
gualdrapa f
attr horse blanket
manta f para caballo
attr horse blanket
jerga f RioPl

shire horse in the PONS Dictionary

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shire [ˈʃaɪəʳ, Am ˈʃaɪɚ] N

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The show celebrates all aspects of farming and rural life with classes for sheep, cattle, light horses, ponies and shire horses plus poultry, pigeon and egg sections.
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So the park keepers hitched their lawnmowers to shire horses and got mowing.
www.dailymail.co.uk
By the 1950s the shire horse had practically ceased to exist.
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In the 1920s however, most breweries decided to put their shire horses out to grass and switch to motor transport.
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The two shire horses used were covered almost entirely with flowers and were illuminated by electric lights.
www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk
In keeping with this sense of history and tradition, the brewery keeps a small team of dapple-grey shire horses.
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A shiny fake shire horse trundles across the view, gently mocking the landscape's picturesqueness; while an enormous fat gorilla sits squarely in the middle of the lake.
www.telegraph.co.uk
Among other projects, his shire horses have partnered with charities working with children being bullied and people with autism.
www.express.co.uk
From 1980 the company owned a famous prize winning shire horse team.
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He is determined to show that shire horses can be just as relevant today.
www.express.co.uk

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