"I am sorry I can't fix you an elaborate meal, but I can give you a quick cluck and grunt."
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
cluck and grunt — {n.}, {slang}, {avoid it in restaurants} The familiar restaurant dish of ham and eggs; since ham is made of pork (and pigs grunt) and eggs come from hens (which cluck.) * / I am sorry I can t fix you an elaborate meal, but I can give you a quick… … Dictionary of American idioms
cluck and grunt — {n.}, {slang}, {avoid it in restaurants} The familiar restaurant dish of ham and eggs; since ham is made of pork (and pigs grunt) and eggs come from hens (which cluck.) * / I am sorry I can t fix you an elaborate meal, but I can give you a quick… … Dictionary of American idioms
cry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Loud call Nouns 1. cry, shout, call (see Verbs); vociferation, exclamation, outcry, hullabaloo, chorus, clamor, hue and cry; Bronx cheer; plaint (see lamentation); stentor (see loudness); bark, ululation … English dictionary for students
List of animal sounds — This is a list of animal sounds, sounds made by animals. First verbs used to label animal sounds are listed, followed by figures of speech that imitate those sounds. Please note that these lists are only valid for the English language, as… … Wikipedia
cry — [n1] weeping and making sad sounds bawl, bawling, bewailing, blubber, blubbering, howl, howling, keening, lament, lamentation, mourning, shedding tears, snivel, snivelling, sob, sobbing, sorrowing, tears, the blues*, wailing, weep, whimpering,… … New thesaurus
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call — Synonyms and related words: Angelus, Angelus bell, DDD, accompany, address, adjuration, adumbrate, alarm, alarum, allurement, animal noise, ante, ante up, antecedents, apostleship, apostrophize, appeal, appeal to, appraise, appreciate,… … Moby Thesaurus
croak — Synonyms and related words: air a grievance, aphonia, apprehend, artificial voice, beef, belch, bellyache, bitch, blare, blast, blat, blot out, bode, bray, broken speech, broken tones, broken voice, bump off, burr, buy it, buzz, cackle, call,… … Moby Thesaurus
squawk — Synonyms and related words: air a grievance, bark, bawl, beef, beefing, bellow, bellyache, bellyaching, bitch, bitching, blare, blat, blubber, boggle, boom, boycott, bray, breathe, buzz, cackle, call, call in question, carol, caterwaul, caw,… … Moby Thesaurus
noise — n 1. sound, clamor, din, hubbub, babel, racket; ballyhoo, outcry, bawl, hue and cry, vociferation; cacophony, dissonance, discord; uproar, hullabaloo, clangor, fracas, bedlam, tumult, pandemonium, turmoil, commotion, bluster, rumpus, Inf. ruckus; … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
