Zusammengesetzte Wörter:
foot | |
| Englisch | Deutsch |
| athlete's foot n | (fungal infection) | Fußpilz Nm |
| I wear sandals in the shower at the gym so I won't pick up athlete's foot. |
ball,
ball of the foot n | (part of foot at base of big toe) | Ballen Nm |
| He stood on the balls of his feet, ready to move. |
bound hand and foot,
tied hand and foot expr | (with hands and feet tied) | gefesselt V Part Perf |
| mit Händen und Füßen gefesselt Rdw |
| The kidnappers left him bound hand and foot in the trunk of the car. |
be bound hand and foot,
be tied hand and foot v expr | (have hands and feet tied together) | an Händen und Füßen gefesselt |
| The criminal was bound hand and foot so he couldn't escape. |
| be bound hand and foot v expr | figurative (inescapably obligated) | nicht auskommen Adv + Vi, sepa |
| durch etwas gebunden sein VP |
| Every child is bound hand and foot by their parents' rules. |
| CF n | written, invariable, initialism (cubic foot) | Kubikfuß Nm |
clubfoot,
club foot,
club-foot n | (congenital deformity of the foot) | Klumpfuß Nm |
| Persons with a clubfoot appear to be walking on their ankles. |
| crow's-feet npl | figurative (wrinkles at outer corner of eye) | Lachfalten Npl |
| She thought the crow's feet at her eyes were the first sign that she was getting old. |
flatfoot,
flat foot n | (foot condition: low arches) | Plattfuß Nm |
flatfoot,
flat foot n | (foot with low arches) | Plattfuß Nm |
flatfoot,
flat foot n | dated, slang (sailor) | Seemann Nm |
| Seefahrer Nm |
| Matrose Nm |
| fleet of foot adj | literary (swift) (literarisch) | leichtfüßig Adj |
| (ugs) | flink Adj |
| schnell Adj |
| foot the bill vi | (pay the costs) | die Rechnung bezahlen VP |
| The Insurance company refused my claim, so I had to foot the bill for repairs myself. |
| footbath n | (basin, bowl for washing feet) | Fußbad Nn |
| footbath n | (swimming pool: basin for cleaning feet) | Fußbad Nn |
footsore,
footworn,
footweary,
foot-weary adj | (tired from walking) | fußlahm Adj |
| get off on the wrong foot v expr | figurative (have a bad start) | sich unter den falschen Voraussetzungen kennenlernen Rdw |
| unter den falschen Voraussetzungen anfangen Rdw |
get your foot in the door,
get a foot in the door v expr | figurative (succeed at an initial step) (übertragen) | einen Fuß in der Tür haben Rdw |
| Melanie got her foot in the door of the fashion industry by working as a sales assistant in a clothing store. |
| on foot adv | (walking) | zu Fuß Präp + Nm |
| laufen Vi |
| It sometimes takes longer to drive than to get to work on foot. |
| on foot of [sth] prep | Ire (because of) | weil Konj |
| wegen Präp |
| aufgrund von Präp + Präp |
| put your best foot forward v expr | figurative (do your best) (umgangssprachlich) | Alles geben Pron + Vt |
| sein Bestes geben VP |
| sein Bestes tun VP |
| I'm not really much good at it but I'll put my best foot forward. |
| put your best foot forward v expr | figurative (make good impression) | einen guten Eindruck hinterlassen, einen guten Eindruck machen Rdw |
| sich von seiner besten Seite zeigen Rdw |
| Put your best foot forward at the job interview. |
| put your foot down v expr | informal (accelerate, drive faster) | auf die Tube drücken Rdw |
| Gas geben Nn + Vt |
| If you put your foot down, we can get through the lights before they turn red. |
| put your foot down v expr | informal, figurative (insist on [sth]) | Ansage machen Nf + Vt |
| Klartext reden Nm + Vt |
| ein Machtwort sprechen Rdw |
| I had to put my foot down and tell him I wouldn't lie for him again. |
| put your foot in it v expr | UK, informal, figurative (make an embarrassing blunder) | ins Fettnäpfchen treten Rdw |
| set foot v expr | (enter) | etwas betreten Vt |
| einen Fuß auf etwas setzen VP |
| Liam has never set foot in England. Peter is so rude. I'll never set foot in his house again! |
square foot,
plural: square feet n | often pl (imperial measure: one foot squared) (historisch) | Quadratfuß Nm |
| The room is only twenty-two square feet; that's not a lot of room for furniture! |
underfoot,
under foot adv | (on the ground, under your feet) | unter den Füßen Rdw |
| Sharon liked the sound of snow crunching underfoot. |
| wrong-foot [sb]⇒ vtr | (make [sb] lose balance) | [jmd] aus dem Gleichgewicht bringen Rdw |
| The tennis player hit a shot across the court that wrong-footed his opponent. |
| wrong-foot [sb] vtr | figurative (make [sb] appear wrong) | jemandem das Gegenteil beweisen VP |
| (übertragen) | jemanden überraschen Vt |
| The author wrong-footed critics when his book became a surprise bestseller. |
