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STRAW

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straw I. substantiv

1. pai; fir de pai; paie;

to catch at a straw a se agăţa de un pai;

the last straw ultima picătură; limita (dincolo de care nu se poate admite un lucru);

a man of straw a) sperietoare, momâie, popândău; b) (fig.) om de paie; manechin, marionetă; c) (fig.) adversar fictiv / imaginar (într-o argumentare); d) (fig.) om de paie / nestatornic / pe care nu te poti bizui;

not to care a straw a nu-i păsa nici cât, a fi cu totul indiferent;

not to be worth a straw a nu face două parale;

a straw in the wind indicaţie a opiniei publice (care arată încotro bate vântul).

2. v. straw hat.

straw II. adjectiv

păios; de paie.

◊ (amer. sl.) straw bail cauţiune / garanţie nesigură;

(amer.) straw vote vot preliminar (pentru sondarea opiniei).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Then Dorothy and the Lion got up, and the girl helped the Tin Woodman put the straw back into the Scarecrow again, until he was as good as ever.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

But he was greatest of all, perhaps, in the articles of string and straw; with which we were all persuaded he could do anything that could be done by hands.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

And would a better fate have fallen to my lot? said the straw.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Here I got some straw, and covering myself with my own clothes, slept very sound.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

“Blind and helpless,” I answered promptly, waving him aside as a straw.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

I am only a Scarecrow, stuffed with straw.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

Alas! said she, I must spin this straw into gold, and I know not how.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

"He isn't heavy a bit," said Dorothy eagerly, "for he is stuffed with straw; and if you will bring him back to us, we shall thank you ever and ever so much."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

Then he led her to a chamber in his palace where there was a great heap of straw, and gave her a spinning-wheel, and said, “All this must be spun into gold before morning, as you love your life.”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Others of the Monkeys caught the Scarecrow, and with their long fingers pulled all of the straw out of his clothes and head.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

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