BIRDS IN ENGLISH
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a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush |
possession is better than promise |
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a caged bird |
someone who is unhappy in his / her circumstances |
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a little bird told me … |
someone – I am not going to tell you who – told me … |
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bird |
partridge (hunters’ lingo) |
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bird |
strange man |
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bird |
attractive woman / girl |
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bird |
shuttle used for badminton |
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bird |
clay pigeon used for trapshooting |
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bird |
prison |
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bird |
inmate of prison |
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bird |
satellite, rocket, spacecraft |
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bird |
aeroplane, helicopter |
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bird dog |
gun dog |
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bird of night |
(generically) nocturnal bird |
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bird of night |
person who enjoys night life |
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bird of night |
(more specifically) owl |
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bird of paradise |
Paradisea apoda raggiana |
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bird of paradise |
colourful, slightly eccentric person |
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bird of paradise |
exotic flower |
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bird of passage |
migrating bird |
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bird of passage |
restless person, obsessive traveler |
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bird of prey |
carnivorous bird |
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bird’s eye view |
helicopter view |
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birdbrain |
a stupid person |
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bird-brained |
not very bright |
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birds of a feather |
people who have a great deal in common |
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dolly bird |
attractive woman who is not very bright |
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fine feathers make fine birds |
fine clothes improve your looks |
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free as a bird |
completely bird |
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it is a foolish bird that soils its own nest |
do not wash your dirty linen in public |
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jail bird |
inmate of prison |
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kill two birds with one stone |
achieve two things in one act |
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like a bird |
swiftly, without any problems |
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old bird |
older woman |
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one beats the bush and another catches the birds |
the people who do the work are not always the people who benefit |
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pigs might fly if they had wings |
never in a month of Sundays |
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queer bird |
strange person |
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rare bird |
slightly eccentric person |
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strictly for the birds |
trivial |
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the bird was there |
we were catcalled |
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the birds and the bees |
basic facts about sex |
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the early bird catches the worm |
early risers get a lot of things done in a day |
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the early bird gets the worm |
early risers get a lot of things done in a day |
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to bird |
to catch birds |
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to bird |
to watch and observe birds |
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to do bird |
to serve time in gaol |
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to get the bird |
to be dumped by your lover |
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to get the bird |
to receive catcalls |
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to give someone the bird |
to dump your lover |
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to give someone the bird |
to catcall someone |
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to give someone the bird |
to give someone the (middle) finger |
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to know your bird |
to know a person for what he / she is |