صيغ مركبة:
bush | |
| الإنجليزية | العربية |
| A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. expr | (Don't risk what you have.) | عصفور في اليد خير من عشرة على الشجرة |
| I'm told I can do better if I keep looking for opportunities, but I'll stay at this job for now; after all, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. |
beat around the bush,
also UK: beat about the bush v expr | figurative (avoid getting to the point) (مجازي) | يلفّ، يلفّ ويدور |
| Stop beating around the bush and give me the real reason! |
beating around the bush,
beating about the bush n | (not getting to the point) (مجازي) | يلفّ ويدور |
| All this beating around the bush is starting to annoy me; just say yes or no! |
blackberry,
blackberry bush n | (shrub that bears blackberries) | شجيرة العليق |
| There are blackberries near the back of the orchard. |
blueberry,
blueberry bush n | (bush that bears blueberries) | شجيرة التوت الأزرق |
| The plants by the fence aren't raspberries, they're blueberries. |
| burning bush n | (Bible: in Book of Exodus) (بحسب سفر الخروج في الكتاب المقدس) | العلّيقة المشتعلة |
| bush baby n | (African mammal) (من الثدييات الإفريقية) | غلاغو، طفل الأدغال |
| bush league n | (minor-league baseball) | دوريّ بيسبول لغير المحترفين |
bush league,
bush-league adj | US, figurative (amateurish) | غير احترافي، غير متقن |
| ملاحظة: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective that precedes the noun |
| bush pilot | (small aircraft pilot) (للمسافات الريفية البعيدة) | طيّار طائرة صغيرة |
| bush plane n | (for remote areas) | طائرات صغيرة للمسافات البعيدة |
| A bush plane is sometimes the only means of getting to remote locations. |
bushfood,
bush tucker n | (Australian native foods) | طعام من الأدغال الأسترالية |
| butterfly bush n | (flowering plant: buddleia) (نبتة مزهرة) | البدلية |
| caper bush n | (plant with edible buds and berries) (نبتة) | كَبَر، أَصَف، قبَّار |
dittany,
gas plant,
burning bush,
fraxinella n | (aromatic herb) (نبتة عطرية) | ريحانة الأرض |
rosebush,
rose bush n | (tree bearing roses) | شجيرة ورد |
without beating around the bush,
without beating about the bush adv | informal (in a straightforward way) | بدون لف ودوران، دون أن يحوم حول الموضوع |
| He told me right away what he thought, without beating about the bush. |
