Nghĩa là gì:
brown
brown /braun/- tính từ
- nâu
- brown paper: giấy nâu gói hàng
- danh từ
- (từ lóng) đồng xu đồng
- the brown: bầy chim đang bay
- to fire into the brown: bắn vào bầy chim đang bay; (nghĩa rộng) bắn bừa bãi vào đám đông
- ngoại động từ
- nhuộm nâu; quệt nâu, sơn nâu
- rán vàng (thịt, cá); phi
- to brown onions: phi hành
- làm rám nắng
- face browned by the sun: mặt rám nắng
- nội động từ
- I'm browned off with it
- (từ lóng) tôi chán ngấy cái đó rồi
brown Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
brown bag it
take a lunch to work I have had to brown bag it every day this week as the company cafeteria is closed for repair work.
brown nose
try to please the manager, suck up to Some guys brown nose their way to success. But is it success?
browned off
unhappy, a little bit angry, ticked off Tran was browned off because we were late. She didn't like that.
brownie points
points for doing extra work for the manager Bruno earns brownie points by offering to help the manager.
Admiral Browning
chocolate log; that which sinks the Bismarck
brown
see brown bag it , brown bag special , brown bread , brown hatter , brown-nose , brown trout , browned off , brownie point
brown bag special
a woman whose face is foul but her body is attractive
brown bread
dead. Cockney rhyming slang
brown hatter
derogatory term for a homosexual male
brown-nose
to overly praise or behave sycophantically
brown trout
a lump of excrement
brownie point
a hypothetical award for achievement, usually given as a backhanded compliment for sycophantic behaviour
busta browns
people you don't want hanging around
James Brown
one of the funkiest and most sampled men alive
do sth up brown
Idiom(s): do sth up brown
Theme: CORRECTNESS
to do something just right. (Folksy. As if one were cooking and trying to make something to have just the right amount of brownish color.)
• Of course I can do it right. I'll really do it up brown.
• Come on, Bob. Let's do it right this time. I know you can do it up brown.
brown paper bag|bag|brown|paper
n., slang, citizen's band radio jargon An unmarked police car. The beaver got a Christmas card because she didn't notice the brown paper bag at her back door. See: PLAIN WHITE WRAPPER.
brown study|brown|study
n. phr. A time of deep thought about something; a deep thoughtful mood. When his wife found him, he had pushed away his books and was in a brown study.
brown-bagger|bagger|brown
n., slang, informal A person who does not go to the cafeteria or to a restaurant for lunch at work, but who brings his homemade lunch to work in order to save money. John became a brown-bagger not because he can't afford the restaurant, but because he is too busy to go there.
brown-nose|brown|nose
v., slang, avoidable, though gaining in acceptance To curry favor in a subservient way, as by obviously exaggerated flattery. Max brown-noses his teachers, that's why he gets all A's in his courses.
Compare: POLISH THE APPLE.
do up brown|brown|do
v. phr., slang To do in a thorough or complete way. When Jim does a job, he does it up brown.
brown bagger
brown bagger
A person who brings his or her own supplies, as in The architects of the new office designed a space for brown baggers to eat lunch. The term originated in the 1930s in Britain for very serious students who carried their books about with them in brown briefcases or bags. That usage crossed the Atlantic within a few decades. However, in America from the 1960s on, it has primarily been used for persons who brought their own liquor in a brown paper bag, either legitimately or surreptitiously, to a public place or restaurant not licensed to sell it, or for those who took their lunch to work.
brown study, in a
brown study, in a
Daydreaming or deeply contemplative, as in Margaret sits in the library, in a brown study. This term dates from the late 1500s, and although by then in a study had long meant “lost in thought,” the reason for adding brown is unclear. Moreover, the present idiom also is ambiguous, some holding that it denotes genuine thoughtfulness and others that it signifies absentmindedness.
An brown idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with brown, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
Cùng học tiếng anh với từ điển Từ đồng nghĩa, cách dùng từ tương tự, Thành ngữ, tục ngữ brown