- big\ yawn
- nounA very boring person, story or event.
I love my grandma very much, but the stories she tells sure are a yawn.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
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big yawn — {n.} A very boring person, story or event. * /I love my grandma very much, but the stories she tells sure are a yawn./ … Dictionary of American idioms
big yawn — {n.} A very boring person, story or event. * /I love my grandma very much, but the stories she tells sure are a yawn./ … Dictionary of American idioms
yawn´er — yawn «yawn», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to open the mouth wide because one is sleepy, tired, or bored: »The reader must not yawn, or yield to tickles in the throat, or tire of the tale in the middle (London Times). 2. to open wide; gape: »The canyon… … Useful english dictionary
yawn — /yawn/, v.i. 1. to open the mouth somewhat involuntarily with a prolonged, deep inhalation and sighing or heavy exhalation, as from drowsiness or boredom. 2. to open wide like a mouth. 3. to extend or stretch wide, as an open and deep space. v.t … Universalium
yawn — [[t]jɔ͟ːn[/t]] yawns, yawning, yawned 1) VERB If you yawn, you open your mouth very wide and breathe in more air than usual, often when you are tired or when you are not interested in something. She yawned, and stretched lazily... They looked… … English dictionary
yawn — yawn1 [jo:n US jo:n] v [: Old English; Origin: geonian] 1.) to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply because you are tired or bored ▪ Alan stretched and yawned. 2.) yawning gap/gulf/chasm (between sth) a very large difference between two… … Dictionary of contemporary English
yawn — 1 verb (I) 1 to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply, usually because you are tired, or bored: The boy stretched and yawned. 2 to be or become wide open: a yawning hole (+ open): The pit yawned open in front of them. | yawning gap/gulf: the … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
yawn — I UK [jɔːn] / US [jɔn] verb [intransitive] Word forms yawn : present tense I/you/we/they yawn he/she/it yawns present participle yawning past tense yawned past participle yawned * 1) to open your mouth wide and take a big breath, usually because… … English dictionary
yawn — yawn1 [ jɔn ] verb intransitive * 1. ) to open your mouth wide and take a big breath, usually because you are tired or bored 2. ) MAINLY LITERARY to become or be very wide yawn yawn 2 [ jɔn ] noun count 1. ) an act of opening your mouth wide and… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
yawn — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, huge ▪ loud, noisy ▪ stifled ▪ collective (figurative … Collocations dictionary
