Translations for „Robinson“ in the English » German Dictionary

Heath Robinson [ˌhi:θˈrɒbɪnsən] ADJ inv Brit hum

Heath Robinson

wunderlich

Heath Robinson

fantastisch iron

a Heath Robinson contraption

eine fantastische Maschine

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a Heath Robinson contraption

eine fantastische Maschine

before sb could say Jack Robinson

bevor jd bis drei zählen konnte

before you can [or could] say Jack Robinson

im Handumdrehen inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

There's something a bit eccentric, a bit Heath Robinson about balloonists that has always appealed.

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Heath Robinson was an artist, his draughtsmanship was beautiful but the engineering was flawed.

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Many of his machines are Heath Robinson devices, in that they perform simple tasks in a convoluted and complex fashion.

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With Heath Robinson, it was the idea of a highly elaborate, wonky, homemade bit of gadgetry.

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His latest offering for the event is inspired by the wonderful drawings of eccentric spoof inventor Heath Robinson.

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Along the way, Heath Robinson-style experiments winkle out interesting facts about the flora and fauna.

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In the middle is a long table bearing a Heath Robinson arrangement of automatic toasting machines lashed together into a rudimentary production line.

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Despite its Heath Robinson appearance, it functioned at a basic, but efficient level, for almost five years.

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Heath Robinson, whose name became a synonym for absurdly ingenious devices thanks to his wacky drawings, has been cited as an inspiration for numerous illustrators.

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The name is a play on the artist Heath Robinson.

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