peg in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for peg in the English»Bulgarian Dictionary

I.peg [peg] N

1. peg:

peg

кол m

peg

клин m

2. peg (small hook):

peg

кука f

peg for clothes

закачалка f

peg of a violin, guitar

ключ m

3. peg (excuse, reason):

peg

повод m

peg

претекст m

to use sth as the peg for sth, to use sth as a peg on which to hang sth on

използвам нщ като повод за нщ

4. peg:

peg

щипка f

Phrases:

to buy off the peg

купувам конфекция

she needs taking down a peg

трябва да й се посмачка фасонът

to take sb down a peg or two

поставям нкг на място

to take sb down a peg or two

показвам нкм къде му е мястото

my opinion of him went up a few pegs

той ми се издигна малко в очите

II.peg <-gg-> [peg] VB trans

1. peg (bind down with pegs):

peg

закрепям с клин

2. peg a. ECON (hold at certain level):

peg

фиксирам

peg the lev to the US dollar

обвързвам лева с долара

to peg the price of sth

фиксирам цените на нщ

to peg the price of sth

обвързвам цената на нщ към определен курс/някаква валута

3. peg (guess correctly):

peg

уцелвам

peg

отгатвам

I.peg out VB trans

1. peg out (hang out):

peg out the washing

простирам

2. peg out (mark):

peg out

отбелязвам с колчета

II.peg out VB intr Aus, Brit

1. peg out inf (die):

peg out

отивам си

peg out

умирам

2. peg out (stop working):

peg out car, machine

отказвам

peg out car, machine

засичам

tent peg [ˈtentpeg] N

tent peg

колче nt за опъване на палатка

peg-leg N inf

peg-leg

изкуствен крак

coat peg N Brit

coat peg

закачалка f за дрехи

coat peg

кука f

off-the-peg [ˌɒfðəˈpeg, Am ˌɑːf-] ADJ

off-the-peg clothes

готова конфекция

clothes peg Brit, clothes pin N Am

clothes peg

щипка f за пране

Translations for peg in the Bulgarian»English Dictionary

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щифт

peg

закачалка

(coat) peg [or hook]

конфекция

clothing off the peg

peg Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to bring sb down a peg (or two)

смачквам фасона на нкг

to bring sb down a peg (or two)

поставям нкг на мястото му

she needs taking down a peg

трябва да й се посмачка фасонът

to take sb down a peg or two

поставям нкг на място

to take sb down a peg or two

показвам нкм къде му е мястото

peg the lev to the US dollar

обвързвам лева с долара

be brought down a peg or two

налягам си парцалите

take sb down a peg or two

навирам в кучи гъз sl

take [or bring] down a peg (or two)

смачквам фасона на нкг

take sb down a peg or two

поставям нкг на мястото му (давам заслуженото)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Remember that off-the-peg outfits can be tailored to fit: so many ensembles could be redeemed by adjusting length or shoulder.

fashion.telegraph.co.uk

They use their lips to tear off their food and chew with their peg-like teeth which have no enamel and are always growing.

en.wikipedia.org

The pay-off being a picture of the starlet looking so stunning in an off-the-peg outfit that everyone, famous or not, wants to own it.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Machines can range in sophistication from primitive jamb-peg machines to highly refined, and highly expensive, commercially available machines.

en.wikipedia.org

It makes me want, unkindly, to burst their bubble and to bring them down a peg or two.

www.huffingtonpost.ca

Figuring out a good bone replacement for limbs has proved a problem since the days of the wooden peg leg.

www.popsci.com

I'm now long-sighted, but my two eyes are quite different, and even different shapes it seems, so off-the-peg specs are no good.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Hyper-heuristics could be regarded as off-the-peg methods as opposed to made-to-measure metaheuristics.

en.wikipedia.org

If using the wooden clothes pegs, dab a little glue onto the fabric and pull it over the top of the peg.

www.irishcatholic.ie

It introduces children to what they should expect -- their coat peg and the class pet -- using simple text accompanied by illustrations that could almost be taken for photographs.

www.telegraph.co.uk