Compound Forms/Forme composte
peg | |
| Inglese | Italiano |
clothespin,
clothes pin (US),
clothes peg,
clothespeg (UK) n | (clip for hanging laundry) | molletta da bucato nf |
| It was so windy, Brenda had to use several clothespins per item to keep her laundry on the line. I keep my clothes pegs in an old biscuit tin. |
| Il vento era così forte che Brenda dovette mettere varie mollette su tutti i panni per non farli volare via dal filo stendibiancheria. Tengo le mie mollette da bucato in una vecchia biscottiera di latta. |
coat peg,
peg n | (mounted hook for a coat) (gancio a muro) | attaccapanni nm |
| At nursery school, each child had his or her own coat peg. |
| All'asilo ogni bambino aveva il suo attaccapanni. |
mumbletypeg,
mumblety-peg n | US (game played by throwing a knife into the ground) (gioco) | lancio di coltelli sul terreno nm |
off-the-peg (UK),
off-the-rack (US) adj | (clothing: ready to wear) (francesismo) | prêt-à-porter agg invar |
| peg it v expr | UK, slang (move quickly) (colloquiale: sbrigarsi) | darsi una mossa v rif |
| I left the house late and had to peg it to catch my train. |
peg leg,
peg n | informal (false leg made of wood) | gamba di legno nf |
| The pirate had a peg leg as well as an eye patch. |
| peg leg n | informal, pejorative (person with a wooden leg) (offensivo) | gambadilegno nm |
| square peg n | figurative ([sb] who is a misfit) | disadattato nm |
take [sb] down a peg or two,
bring [sb] down a peg or two,
knock [sb] down a peg or two v expr | informal (humble) (idiomatico, informale) | far abbassare la cresta a [qlcn] vtr |
| tuning peg n | (music: key turned to adjust a string) (strumenti musicali) | pirolo nm |
| (strumenti musicali) | chiave nf |
