John was sawing wood.
In Alabama a boy who snores saws gourds.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
saw wood — also {Southern}[saw gourds] {v. phr.}, {slang} To breathe loudly through the nose while sleeping; snore. * /John was sawing wood./ * /In Alabama a boy who snores saws gourds./ … Dictionary of American idioms
saw wood — also {Southern}[saw gourds] {v. phr.}, {slang} To breathe loudly through the nose while sleeping; snore. * /John was sawing wood./ * /In Alabama a boy who snores saws gourds./ … Dictionary of American idioms
saw wood — verb breathe noisily during one s sleep she complained that her husband snores • Syn: ↑snore, ↑saw logs • Derivationally related forms: ↑snore (for: ↑snore), ↑snorer … Useful english dictionary
saw wood — verb To snore loudly. Monsignor Charles Kekumano, 78, was snoring loudly in his bed. Every so often, he would stop sawing wood and break into the delightfully mischievous grin that made him so famous … Wiktionary
saw wood — idi to snore loudly while sleeping … From formal English to slang
saw — saw1 [sô] n. [ME sawe < OE sagu, akin to Ger säge, Du zaag < IE base * sek , to cut, > L secare, to cut, OE seax, knife] 1. a) a cutting tool, of various shapes and sizes and worked by hand or machinery, consisting essentially of a thin… … English World dictionary
wood — W2S2 [wud] n ↑goggles, ↑saw, ↑wood [: Old English; Origin: wudu] 1.) [U and C] the material that trees are made of →↑wooden, woody ↑woody ▪ Put some more wood on the fire. ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
saw\ gourds — • saw wood • saw gourds Southern v. phr. slang To breathe loudly through the nose while sleeping; snore. John was sawing wood. In Alabama a boy who snores saws gourds … Словарь американских идиом
saw — saw1 sawer, n. sawlike, adj. /saw/, n., v., sawed, sawed or sawn, sawing. n. 1. a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth. 2. any similar tool or device, as a rotating disk, in which a sharp… … Universalium
saw — 1. noun /sɔː,sɔ,sɑː,sɑːl/ a) A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal And for thy trew sawys, and I may lyve many wynters, there was never no knyght better rewardid [...]. b) A … Wiktionary
