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Sleng izrazi imaju vei emotivni naboj od standardnih rei koje

objanjavaju isti pojam, a za razliku od njih izraavaju i neku vrstu
drskosti prema moralnim i jezikim autoritetima.
Za neke anglo-am erike sleng izraze postoje odgovarajui ekvivalenti u srpskom jeziku, a za neke se mora traiti novi izraz. Na pri
mer, Englezi kau hit the bottle, a Srbi imaju sline izraze: "udarati
po piu", iii "cevdti". I jedni i drugi kau: "frizirati raune" (cook the
books), dok recimo za pushover nema odgovarajueg ekvivalenta
na srpskom pa se mora opisno prevesti kao "neto vrlo lako" i
'maji kaalj.
Sran Vujica, anglista i prevodilac, kae da je potreba za pojavom ovakvog renika kod nas bila velika, i da e korist od ovog
poduhvata svakako biti znaajna. "G erziev renik ima niz pozitivnih strana. Ovo se prvenstveno odnosi na izbor obradene grade i
jasna objanjenja, kojima, bar do sada, ovaj prikaziva nije naao
vee zamerke. U vezi s tim, naroito vano - sreom i uspeno - jeste to to je Gerzi, kad je to bilo mogue, u objanjenjima navodio
adekvatne argonske izraze naeg jezika. to se tie preciznosti
R e nika , ona verovatno ima veze i sa dobro izabranom sekundarnom literaturom koja je navedena na kraju knjige."
Novinar Simo irkovi pie: "G erziev R e n ik a n g lo -a m e ri k o g
s le n g a Ijubitelji ovog globalnog jezika savremenog sveta doivee
kao otkrie nesluenih nijansi i srpskog i engleskog jezika. Ne beei ni od arhaizama, a potujui vrhunske odlike beogradskog stila
ovaj mladi leksikograf sainio je delo kojim bi se ponosio i tim
strunjaka."
Nikola uica, kritiar, smatra da "za beogradsku sredinu, samostalni izdavaki poduhvat pisca i prevodioca Bore Gerzia domiljato i inovativno prekriva podruje za koje su bile nadlene i priredivaki usmerene mnoge izdavake kue i filoloke institucije. Uobiajeno je da se u beogradskoj kulturi, pak, sam ostalna inicijativa i
istrajnost pokau znaajnijim i vanijim, uprkos to poslednjih godina vlada pravilo poraavajueg obilaenja i nipodatavajueg stava
prema takvim autohtonim pojavama (...) U bilo kojoj sredini Gerziev renik ovog tipa i ovakve prodornosti bio bi pozdravljen kao izdavaki dogaaj."
Ksenija Jankovi

Kako koristiti renik

1. Sleng izrazi svrstani su po kljunoj rei. Kljuna re je re
(najee imenica, glagol Ili pridev) koja je izazvala postanak i slikovito znaenje samog izraza. Prema tome, ako italac eli da pronae izraz down the tubes, mora prvo da proceni koja je re po
njemu kljuna, i ako dode do zakljuka da je to re tubes potraie
u R e n ik u kod slova T. AN izraz moe da bude i na drugom mestu
u R e n iku , u ovom sluaju pod slovom D. U svakom sluaju, italac
treba da bude spreman da potrai eljeni izraz na vie mesta u
R e n iku (na drugoj moguoj kljunoj rei izraza).
2. Izrazi su svrstani po abecedi (npr. catch it je iznad catch on.
Nisu uzimani u obzir samo lanovi (the, a, an) na poetku izraza.
Red u zagradama uzimane su u obzir (npr. ones u izrazu have
(ones) end off).
3. U nekim sluajevim a sleng izraz ima dva ili vise oblika, a isto
ili vrlo slino znaenje: flog the lizard, flog the log, flog the dong,
flog the meat. U R e n ik u je dato: flog the lizard/log/dong/m eat.
4. U zagrade je stavljen deo izraza koji se moe izostaviti a da
se smisao bitno ne promeni: go (all) to pieces.
5. Ako sleng izraz (ili re) ima vie znaenja, srodna znaenja
su odvojena zapetom, a razlidta takom i zapetom.
6. Primeri bez navodnika preuzeti su iz britanskih ili amerikih
renika slenga navedenih u Iz v o rn ik u . Primeri pod navodnidma su
iz britanskih i amerikih novina, asopisa, knjievnih dela itd.
7. U R e n ik u je (uglavnom) dato prenosno znaenje rei ili iz
raza, a ne prvo i osnovno znaenje (koje moe da se nade u obinom reniku).
8. Sleng izrazi koji se upotrebljavaju preteno u engleskom jeziku oznaeni su sa GB, a oni koji se upotrebljavaju preteno u
am erikom engleskom sa US. Neoznaeni izrazi upotrebljavaju se
i ujednom i u drugom govornom podruju.

Skraenice
sb - somebody
sth - something
arh. - arhaino
eufem. - eufemizam
fig. - figurativno
hum. - humoristino
iron. - ironino
mno. - mnoina
nagl. - naglaeno
naro. - naroito
npr. - na primer
obi. - obino
podsm. - podsmeljivo
pogot. - pogotovo
pogrd. - pogrdno
poja. - pojaano
skra. - skraenica
ut. - utivo
alk. - alkoholiarski argon
g. - gej scena
kock. - kockarski argon
lop. - lopovski argon
muz. - muziki argon
nark. - narkomanski argon
ra. -a rg o n kompjuterskih strunjaka
voj. - vojniki argon
zat. - zatvorski argon

1 Prvoklasno, prva liga.

aardvark US 1. Dileja, tupan, moron, bolid.
2. Seksati se.
3. Seks.
abso-fucking-lutely poja. Apsolutno, potpuno. Isto abso-bloody-lutely. You are a b s o -fu c k in g -lu te ly out o f yo u r mind.
A.C.-D.C. I na struju i na baterije; biseksualan. Slino plug in
both ways. Those A.C.-D.C. types are driving aw ay the
straights.
ace 1. As.
2. Ekspert; profesionalac; tata-mata. H e s an ace at cards.
3. Najbolji drug, pajt(os).
4. US Nadvladati, nadmudriti, poraziti, srediti. I had it all
figured out, but those guys a ce d m e !
5. izvrstan, sjajan.
ace boon coon Pajtos, pajta, pajt. Isto US ace buddy. / like
the guy but h e s not what you'd call m y ace b o o n co o n .
ace it Ostvariti uspeh. Isto ace out. M y sister a c e d the chem istry
exam.
acid 1. nark. LSD, esid, kiselina, trip.
2. GB com e the (old) acid Govoriti sarkastino; imati otrovan
jezik.
acid-head nark. Kisela glava; osoba koja esto uzima LSD. Isto
acid freak.
acid house muz. Dens muzika scena koja je prethodila rejvu u
Britaniji, povezana sa upotrebom droge "ekstazi.
ackers GB Lova, ke. I cant offer a great deal in the way o f
acke rs. Though yo u d get yo u r ten p e r cent, old man.
act like ones shit doesnt stink Ponaati se nadmeno, did nos.
ad skra. Oglas. Takode advert.
ad(-)lib 1. Improvizovati. They did a lot o f a d -lib b in g in ragtime
style.
2. Do mile volje.
Adam , not kn o w (s b ) from Uopte ne poznavati (koga).
A dam s ale Voda.
add up Imati smisla. The various facts in the case ju s t don't a d d

up

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admin skra. Administracija.

aerated GB Razjaren, besan. Odatle dont get aerated!
afeard Uplaen.
after a fashion Polovino; kako-tako; onako; osrednje; povrno.
after the Lord M ayors show (comes the dust/m uck/shit-cart)
Posle vrhunca sve splasne; posle slavlja govna.
afters Slatkii; dezert.
ag-fay g. Peder, pea.
against the grain 1. Uz dlaku; protiv vetra/struje.
2. Nerado; protiv volje; teka srca.
agin; agen Protiv.
agony aunt ena koja odogovara na pitanja italaca u novinskoj
rubrici Draga saveta.
agony column Novinska rubrika o linim problemima italaca,
Draga saveta. Isto US Dear Abbey,
air is blue, the 1. Mnogo psovki/nepristojnih rei.
2. Depresivna/tuna atmosfera.
airy-fairy Maglovit, nerealan, upljoglav (ideja, plan itd); beskarakteran, slab (osoba).
alarm and despodency Depresija, anksioznost (tokom rata),
aled (up) alk. Pijan, naliven (obi. od piva).
alive and kicking iv i zdrav.
alkie; alkyAlkos, pijanac.
all at sea Zbunjen, smeten, izgubljen, na tri oka.
all chiefs and no Indians Svi efovi, niko sluga.
all ends up Lako.
all hands to the pumps Svi u pomo!; da svi zasuu rukave.
all hell broke (///w as let) loose 1. Otvorilo se nebo.
2.
Nastao je (pravi) pakao; nastao je dumbus.
all hot and bothered Uzbuden; usplahiren, nervozan.
all in 1. Propao, krahirao (npr. trite).
2.
Na izmaku snaga; baldisao; spao s nogu; lipsao od umora;
iznuren. By the end o f the day he was a ll in
all mouth and no trousers GB Mnogo price,"a nita. Vou
shouldn't p a y any attention to him, he's a ll m o u th a n d n o
tro u s e rs .
all my eye (and Betty Martin) GB Glupost; kojetarija.
all my w hiskers Glupost, kojetarija, budalatina. A ll that stuff
about his being so upset... was a ll m y w h iske rs.
all-nighter Zabava u klubu koja traje celu no, ili ur koji traje celu
no.
all o f a dither Uzbuden, zabrinut, zbunjen, nervozan; zabezeknut.
all o f a tiswas (tizwas) Veoma uznemiren i/ili krajnje zbunjen.

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all o f a flutter/trem ble Uzbuen, uzrujan, usplahiren.

all out Iz petnih ila, svim silama, svom snagom. He made an
a ll-o u t effort.
all over the place/shop/show/lot/ballpark/auction 1. Neuredan,
zbrkan, u haosu/dumbusu, dezorganizovan, ne funkcionise,
podivljao. Traffic is a ll o v e r the place.
2. Svuda. i've been a ll o v e r the s h o p this morning.
all present and correct Sve onako kako treba; sve po standardu.
all right, a bit o f Ispravna osoba ili stvar.
all right on the night, will be Bie sve spremno navreme.
all set 1. Sve spremno i sredeno.
2. Reen (da neto uini).
all that jazz I sve u tom stilu; itd. ...baseball, apple pie, Chevrolet,
and a ll th a t ja z z .
all the fun o f the fair Zabava i po.
all the go Pomodno, popularno, moderno, in, trendi.
all the rage Moderno, poslednji krik mode,
all the world and his w ife GB I Kurta i Murta; ljudi s
kocai
konopca; svi ivi. Isto US everyone and his brother,
all there 1. Pripravan; bistar; sposoban.
2. not all there Fali mu daska u glavi, nije ba ist, nisu mu
sve koze na broju.
all thum bs eprtlja, s dve leve ruke.
all-tim e high ili low Najvii/najnii mogui nivo. Prices have
reached an a ll-tim e h ig h .
all to cock Veoma konfuzan, zbunjen; netaan, nezadovoljavajui, neupotrebljiv.
all to pieces/pot/hell Skrhan, rastrojen, flipnuo, otkaio. When his
dog died, M ark went a ll to p ie ce s.
all up ili U.P. Upropaen, ruiniran, propao, nadrljao.
all very/just fine and large/dandy iron. Lepo je sve to, ali...;
sve je to super.
all w et Netaan, pogrean, zastareo, bezvezan, ne valja. Your
idea is a ll wet, I'm afraid.
alls-bay 1. Muda.
2. Hrabrost, petlja.
3. Glupost, budalatina.
also-ran 1. Konj koji nije medu prva tri u trci.
2. Uesnik koji je izgubio na takmienju.
3. Osoba skromnih kvalitata.
4. Neto loijeg kvaliteta.
5.
Sporedna uloga (teatar).
altogether, in the Nag, bez odee.

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am idships U stomak; na stomak.

am mo (skra. od am munition) Municija.
anchor man 1. Kljuni ovek, voa, organizator.
2. Glavni koordinator (obi. voditelj TV vesti).
anchors 1. Konice. / slam m ed the a n c h o rs on and hit m y head
on the steering wheel.
2. put on your anchors Obuzdaj se.
and the rest Sarkastian komentar (sugerie da prethodni
govornik nije bio ba najiskreniji).
angle Iskriviti, podesiti, isfrizirati (ob/. priu). She a n g le s h e r
reports to suit the people she is speaking to.
anorak Zaludenik (obi. za ne mnogo smislene stvari). Slino
trainspotter, nerd,
answ er to a m aidens prayer hum. Princ na belom konju; san
svake devojke; idealan mu.
ante, raise the kock. Poveati ulog.
ante up kock. Uipiti se, priloiti novae.
ants in o nes pants, have Imati crva u zadnjici; imati pundravce,
unervoziti se. I always g et a n ts in m y p a n ts at fam ily
reunions.
any more fo r any more? Hoe li jo neko jo?
any old Bilo kakav; osrednji; tipian. A n y o ld c a r will do.
any old how Na bilo koji nain.
any old thing/w ay Bilo ta, bilo kako.
any port in a storm Svako utoite je dobro kad je situacija
kritina.
anyroad (od anyway) U svakom sluaju.
anything, like Veoma; mnogo. We ran lik e a n y th in g to get away.
ape pogrd. 1, Crnja, amuga.
2. Debela mrcina.
apeshit Razljutiti se, popizdeti. Obi. go apeshit. Two weeks
ago I called him an ugly little fuck. A nd Steven w e n t a p e sh it.
applehead Krele, dileja, budala.
apples 1. Sise, sifoni.
2. M uda,jaja.
apple-pie order Savren red/stanje; cakum-pakum, pod konac.
apron-strings, tied to Papui.
are you with me? Prati li me?; slae li se sa mnom?
arching for it Moliti za neko muko/ensko, biti napaljen(a). Isto
gagging for it; begging for it.
arctic GB Mega; super.
argue the toss GB Suprotstavljati se donetoj (i nepromenljivoj)
odluci; dabe se raspravljati.
argy-bargy GB Buna prepirka, svada (ni oko ega).

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ark, have come out o f the 1. Star ko biblija; bajat.

2. com e off the ark Izgubljen, ko pao s Marsa.
arm Uticaj, mod W hat sort o f a rm have you got over them?
arm pit US Vrlo neprijatno mesto.
arse GB arh. 1. Dupe, zadnjica, guzica.
2. Seronja, pederina, kreten, smrad.
3. iroko se upotrebljava da oznai razne zadnje delove tela.
4. Greka, loe obavljen posao. He made such an a rse o f that
plastering that we will need to redo it.
4. from arse-hole to breakfast time Sve vreme; potpuno; od
jutra do sutra.
5. give the arse Otarasiti se (osobe/stvari); dati kome nogu.
She was a pain in the bum, so we ga ve h e r the arse.
arse about/around Vatati zjale, gluvariti, dangubiti. Stop a rs in g
a b o u t in there and get on with yo u r w ork!"
arse-bandit Peder, dupejebac.
arse-craw ler/-licker Dupelizac, uvlaka, uvlaka, tampon,
arse over tip/tit Navrat-nanos; naglavce.
arse (sth) up Lose izvesti; sjebati, zeznuti. Isto US screw up. He
m anaged to com pletely a rse up the whole job.
arse-hole 1. mar. Isto arsehole.
2. Kreten, seronja, pederina, smrad. But the a rs e -h o le s on
the classification board insisted I stay there till I rot.
arseholed alk. Sasvim pijan.
arse-licking Uvlakaki, poltronski.
arse-on Nadrkanost, loe raspoloenje. Keep out o f Andy's way,
he's got a the arse -on .
arse over (tea) kettle GB Naglavake (pasti).
arse over tit GB Naglavake (pasti). She went a rse o v e r t it on
the ice outside.
arsewipe 1. Toalet papir, guzobris.
2. Slabi, usranko, seronja.
arsy varsy/versy GB 1 . Naglavce; naopake; tumbe. He got it all
a rsy-ve rsy.
2.
Pea, homi.
artic Veliki kamion sa kabinom koja moe da se odvoji.
arts Mahinacije, ujdurme.
arty-crafty Kiast, pretenciozan. Isto US artsy-craftsy; artsy;
arty. That a rty -c ra fty fam ily make all their own clothes and
look rather odd in them.
arty-farty Kvaziumetniki. Isto US artsy-fartsy; artsy-smartsy.
7 hate a rty -fa rty actresses who say they strip for arts sake. If
they want to be artists, they should go and paint in a bloody
attic in Paris.

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as ... as they come Hi make them Nevieno; "samo tako. He's

as daft a s th e y com e. (Beskrajno je lud.)
as different as chalk from cheese Potpuno razliit, kao nebo i
zemlja.
as fuck Jebeno. It was rusty as fu ck, so wasn't worth repairing.
as plain as the nose on ones face Jasno ko dan.
as right as rain Zadovoljavajui, dobar.
as sure as eggs is eggs Sto posto sigurno.
as you w ere Izraz blagog izvinjenja zbog greke koju je govornik
upravo napravio.
ask fo r (it) Traiti davola. The m otorcyclist fell o ff his Suzuki, but
at 200 km/h he was a s k in g f o r it.
ask me another! Nemam pojma!
ass US 1. Dupe, bulja, zadnjica, guzica.
2. Pika, dobra riba, dobro pare. She looks like good ass.
3. have/get/put ones ass in a sling Brati kou na iljak; uvaliti (se) u nevolju/govna; uvaliti se u sos. If she catches you
changing that report y o u ll h a ve y o u r a ss in a s iin g .
4. ones ass is grass Najebao je; bulja mu je u procepu; ode
mu guzica; prdnuo je u abar; glava mu je na panju; gotov je.
If I give you a gun, m y a s s is g ra s s .
5. your ass is mine Jebau ti kevu, najebao si.
6. som eones ass is on the line Izloio se riziku, muda su m u
u procepu.
asshole US Seronja, usranko, govnar, upina, marulja,
guzica, budaletina. Isto butthole. It didn't take very long to
realize that he w asnt a threat, ju s t a total a s s h o le .
ass-kisser; ass-licker US Dupelizac, uvlaka. Sally is such an
a ss -k is s e r. The teacher m ust have figured h e r out b y now.
ass pro Homi, dupedavac.
asswipe Isto kao arsewipe.
at a loose end Dokon, besposlen.
at a pinch U krajnjoj nudi.
at it 1. Smiljati neto nezakonito; (opet) praviti sranja.
2.
(obi. sa again) Ponovo se uputati u seks. Three m inutes
pleasure and nine m onths pain. A nother three m onths and
we're a t i t a g ain. ''
at sea Zbunjen, smeten, izgubljen.
at that tavie; kad smo ve kod toga. The m eal was expensive,
and cold a t that.
attaboy! (skra. od thats the boy!) Dobar posao, dobro je. Isto
good job; well done,
aunt; auntie 1. (Starija) kurva.
2. g. (Stariji) peder, homi.

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Aunt Fanny GB avola!

A unt Sally GB Deurni krivac.
Aunty; Auntie GB 1. BBC.
2. dont be Auntie! Ne budi glup/lud!
Aussie pogrd. Australijanac. "Beefy Botham slogged his way to a
stonking m atch-winning perform ance over the A u s s ie s at
H eadingley in 1981.
awkward squad 1. voj. Neiskusni regruti, guteri.
2. Nezgodna druina.
3. Ljudi koji nisu za saradnju, nezgodni tipovi.
AW OL ///aw ol (obi. voj.) Dezertirao; odsutan (bez dozvole),
zapalio, klisnuo. Slino over the hill (1). "T h e curch renova
tion had been going well until the stonemason went A WOL,
leaving A J Tipping with a problem to solve. *O llies gone
a w o l again; he disappeared with a bottle and no ones seen
him for days."
axe 1. Otpustiti (s posla), nogirati, dati nogu.
2. Drastino smanjiti, skresati. They a x e d a lo t o f useless stuff
from the budget.
3. Potpuno ukloniti, eliminisati.
4. muz. Gitara.
axe to grind Sebian motiv; lini interes.
axe wound Vagina.

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B (skra. od bastard ili bugger) Lupe, protuva, gad.

BF (skra. od bloody fool) Prokleta budala.
Baba Glavni baja, bos, ef.
babe Riba, cupi, bejbi.
baby-boom er Pripadnik generacije baby-boom (rodeni kasnih
etrdesetih godina XX veka).
baby, sb s ija odgovornost/briga/interes itd. Its n ot m y baby.
baby-sit 1. Bejbi-siting.
2. Paziti, uvati bilo ta/bilo koga. I had to b a b y -s it the new
printer fo r the computer, feeding it m ore pa pe r all day.
baby-snatcher Onaj ko je u ljubavnoj vezi sa mnogo mladom
osobom suprotnog pola; bebojebac. Slino rob the cradle,
baby with the bathwater, throw out the Biti preterano
revnostan.
baccy Duvan.
back-answer Nepristojan/bezobrazan/drzak odgovor. D o nt you
b a c k -a n s w e r me, young man!
back, be/get on sbs Biti kome za vratom, pomno koga
nadgledati. Suprotno get o ff sb s back,
back-breaker Mukotrpan/tegoban posao; osoba koja se
poduhvati takvog posla.
back-breaking Veoma marljiv, revnosan.
back-chat Nepristojan/bezobrazan/drzak odgovor. Now listen to
me carefully, and I don't want any b a c k c h a tt
back-door Nepoten, sumnjiv, problem aticar ...a sleazy little
b a c k -d o o r business.
backdoor US mar.
backdoor man Ljubavnik udate ene, tajni ljubavnik.
back down Ustuknuti. He wouldnt b a c k d o w n even when they
beat him up.
back-handed com plim ent Neiskren kompliment. Isto left-handed
complim ent,
back-hander 1. Mito, narukvica.
2. (Neoekivani) udarac nadlanicom, pljuska.
back-lash estoka reakcija, usprotivljenost. W idely-hated by
Com m unists and nationalists who now have seats in the new
Russia government, M r Berezovsky could becom e the target
fo r anti-oligarch b a ckla sh .

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back-log O statak posla; zaostali/nagomilani posao. A fte r his
holiday, he had a big b a c k lo g o f work to get through.
back num ber Osoba zastarelih ideja ili staromodnog ponaanja.
back-pedal Povud se; umekati (stav); prestati, pauzirati.
back-room boys Oni koji rade u senci, sive eminencije.
back-scratch Laskati; ti meni, ja tebi; ruka ruku mije. Its got to
be a m utual b a c k s c ra tc h .
back-scratcher Ulizica, laskavac.
back-scratching Ulizivanje, laskanje.
back-seat driver Onaj ko daje neeljene savete ili onaj ko pokuava da vodi stvar iz senke. Aides... em phasized that he
/retiring Liberal D em ocrat lead er Paddy A sh d o w n /h a d no
ambition to be a b a c k -s e a t d riv e ? fo r M r Kennedy's
leadership.
back seat, take a Zauzeti podredenu poziciju. He said he
wouldnt take a b a c k s e a t to anybody but the president
himself.
back-to-back houses Kua tik do kue (obi. u siromanim
predgradima).
back scuttle 1. Analni seksualni odnos.
2. Imati analni seksualni odnos.
back to square one Povratak na poetak, na poetnu poziciju.
The film /G irl/ goes b a c k to s q u a re one every time
/D om iniq ue / Swain goes back to h e r man.
back up Podrati, ohrabriti. You explain it, and I'll b a c k up you r
version.
back up, get/put sb s Iznervirati koga, ioi kome na ivce.
backs to the wall uvaj bulju! (homofobino upozorenje heteroseksualaca).
backside Stranjica, zadnjica.
backward in coming forward Stidljiv, utljiv, introvertan.
backwater Zabit; umalost.
bacon, save ones Izvud itavu kou/guzicu. I s a v e d m y b a c o n
by arriving ju s t in time fo r the meeting.
bad US Sjajan, super, mrak".
bad-ass 1. Nezgodan/opasan/gadan tip.
2. Lo. Man, h e s in a real b a d -a ss m ood today. Watch you r
step.
bad books, in sbs U ijoj nemilosti; na ijoj crnoj listi.
bad debt Dug koji verovatno nee biti vraen.
bad egg/lot/hat/type Muak, Lupe, bitanga, propalitet.
M atthew s the b a d e g g o f such a fine family.
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bad hair day Lo ili naporan dan.
bad job, a Steta.
bad lot Nepouzdana osoba/druina.
bad-mouth Vredati, psovati (koga). M illions o f television viewers
saw /P a u l/ Ince b a d m o u th in g the Italian referee Pierluigi
Collina in Sweden, after receiving his second yellow card.
bad news Problematina osoba.
bad shot Pogrena pretpostavka, promaaj.
bad, to the U gubitku, u minusu. I've spent so much that I m 100
pounds to the b a d this month.
bad trip, be on a ili have a nark. Doiveti neprijatne efekte usled
uzimanja droge.
badger Gnjaviti, smarati, dosadivati. Stop b a d g e rin g her, she's
not interested in buying another p a ir o f y o u r cheap trainers.
bag 1. Uzeti, epati, zgrabiti. They b a g g e d the m ugger in the
next block.
2. US Neprivlana, runa ena, akrep, kazana. esto old bag.
Isto baggage.
3. Kurva.
4. Odvratna osoba, smrad.
bag and baggage Potpuno, sa svim stvarima, sa sve koferom.
They threw h e r out o f the house b a g a n d ba gg ag e.
bag biter Problematian tip.
bag, in the Sredena stvar. We're sure to win. It's in the bag, I tell
you!
bag job US Krada, provala; ilegalno preturanje po stvarima
osumnjienoga. Someone had done a b a g jo b on his precious
files.
bag of bones, a Kost i koa, saraga.
bag of nails, a Zbrka, haos.
bag of tricks, the (whole) Asolutno sve; sve, bez izuzetka.
bag sbs ass US Nosi se! She had no intention o f having lunch
with him and that was that... Why couldnt she sim ply tell him
to b a g h is a s s ?
bags 1. Siroke muke pantalone, pumparice.
2.
Sise, sifoni.
bags of Mnogo. H e's g ot b a g s o f money.
baggage 1. Izazovna ena. Come here, you little ba gg ag e, let me
kiss you.
2.
Runa i dosadna (stara) ena., akrep You silly old b a g g a g e !
baking Vrelo (vreme).
bald as a billiard ball/coot elav ko bilijarska kugla.
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bale out 1. Iskoiti s padobranom iz aviona.
2. Povui se iz kakve akcije ili posla.
balistic, go US Otkaiti, poludeti, pobesneti.
balmy GB Luckast, ekscentrian. Isto barmy,
ball 1. US Povaliti, potucati. Presley fired me because I b a lle d
his old lady.
2. have a ball Dobro se provesti.
3. on the ball Vispren, brzo shvata, vlada situacijom, upuen;
spreman ko zapeta puka. That writer is really o n the b a ll,
man!
ball-breaker; ball-buster US 1. Teak posao/situacija/problem
(da muda otpadnu). That whole construction jo b was a real
ba ll-b re a ke r.
2. Strog nadzornik/ef; goni robova. The quality control
inspector is a sort o f nitpicker. We're the b a ll bre a ke rs, in
plain English. W ere the m ost unwanted people.
3. Nimfomanka, kurolomka, lomikurka.
ball-gam e Stanje stvari. Obi. a whole new ball-game Potpuno
novo stanje stvari. W hat we do and what they do is n t the
same b a ll gam e.
ball of fire Veoma energina osoba; iva vatra; ovek od akcije.
Slino go-getter; h o ts h o t,
ball sb/sth up Zbuniti, poremetiti, zbrkati. When you interrupted,
you b a lle d me up and I lost m y place.
ballock(s) Vidi bollock(s).
ballon goes up, the 1. Poetak ozbiljne aktivnosti.
2.
Poinju nevolje.
balls 1. Muda.
2. Nije nego! Oh, b a lls ! You never went to China. They
wouldn't let you in!
3. G SG Iuposti; kojetarije; budalatine, nebuloze. He was
aw arded a campaign medal, but I didnt go to get mine. I
wasnt interested; I thought it was all b a lls ."
4. Hrabrost, petlja, muda. He doesnt have enough b a lls to do
that.
5. have sb by the balls Drati kome muda u procepu;
imati/drati koga u aci.
6. get ones balls chewed (off) Ispikarati koga.
7. it takes balls Treba imati muda. It take s b a lls to be a
race ca r driver.
ball (sth) up US Upropastiti, zabrljati, zeznuti, sjebati, zasrati.
Slino fuck up. I m anaged to b a ll u p the whole project.
balls-up Zbrka, haos, sjeb. I've made a right b a lls -u p o f m y
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bally GB Eufem. od bloody.
ballyhoo Buan, vulgaran publicitet, naduvavanje.
baloney Vidi boloney.
bamboozle Izigrati, prevariti, nasamariti, mistifikovati. M y
worthy opponent thrives by b a m b o o z lin g the public.
banana Penis.
bananas US Lud, poblesavio.
bandline 1. Linija koja prikazuje frekvencije na radiju.
2. nark. Povez kojim se stee vena pre ubrizgavanja droge.
I'm searching fo r m y b a n d lin e .
bandwagon 1. Popularan pokret ili moda.
2. jum p on/join the bandwagon Ukrcati se na pravi voz (u
pravo vreme); uhvatiti prikljuak.
bang 1. Udarac.
2. Zveknuti, kresnuti, opaliti, tucati. Youre b a n g in g a m ajor
witness in a case y o u re trying?!" (The Last Innocent Man, US
film ;
3. Zveketanje, kresanje, tucanje.
4. Staviti, metnuti. I ll b a n g those in an envelope and send
them o ff first post in the morning.
5. full bang Punom brzinom.
6. go off/over with a bang Imati velikog uspeha/odjeka;
trijumfovati. Gary W ondeduls latest record has really g o n e
o f f w ith a b a n g over here.
7. nark. Roknuti se.
bang goes... Ode m ast u propast. B a n g g o e s another w eeks
wages.
bang like a ham m er on a nail ili like a rattlesnake ili like a
shithouse door; go pop like a paper bag; ride like a town
bike estoko (se) jebati (bang se odnosi na mukarce a pop i
ride na ene).
bang on about (sth) Dugo i dosadno priati, drobiti. You're not
going to change m y m ind by b a n g in g o n a b o u t it!
bang (sb) up 1. Uorkirati, uhapsiti.
2.
Napumpati (enu).
bang-up Odlian, izvanredan. You've done a b a n g -u p jo b on that
report, Smythe.
banged up lop. Uhapen, uorkiran. The prospect o f being
b a n g e d u p in Corcoran prison is enough to send chills down
the spines o f even the toughest US ja ilb ird ."
bang, the w hole Sve. Obi. the whole bang shoot Sve duture.
banger GB 1. Kobasica.
2. Stari (buan) auto; krntija, starudija. An old b a n g e rl hadn't
noticed before w as com ing slow ly past m y front door.
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banging GB Sjajan, izvanredan.
banjax GB Unititi, poraziti. Susan realy b a n ja x e d th e old man.
bank on Raunati na (koga/to), pouzdati se u (koga/to). You
can b a n k o n h is word.
baps Grudi, sise.
bar the shouting, all over Praktino ve svreno.
barbs skra. Barbiturati.
barf Povratiti, ispovraati se, izbljuvati se. Isto gag; toss ones
cookies; spew, puke; lose o nes lunch. He's feeling w oozy, I
think he's gonna b a r f his dinner up.
barf out Otkaiti, odlepiti, popizdeti. I nearly b a rfe d o u t when I
heard he was coming.
barge Kretati se nezgrapno, nespretno. He kept b a rg in g along,
until I told him to stop.
barge in Umeati se, upasti. Isto butt in. You can't ju s t ba rg e
in to the Yale Club.
barge-pole, I w ouldnt touch it with a Ne bih ga ni prstom
dotakao, ne bih ga dotakao ni govnjivom motkom.
bark up the wrong tree Obratiti se na pogrenu adresu; prevariti
se, pogreiti. You're b a rk in g up the w ro n g tree if you ask her
to help you, because she ne ver helps anyone.
barking (mad) Lud, poludeo.
barm y GB Luckast; ekscentrian. isto balmy. You m ust be b a rm y
to say that.
barn-door 1. Neto ogromno.
2. w ide as a barn-door irok ko ifonjer.
barney 1. Buna rasprava, svada; tua.
2. Nametena borba/trka; nametaljka. Not too much drug
could be given to the dogs, fo r fear the contest m ight look like
the b a rn e y it was.
3. Glupak, budala, moron, krele.
baron zat. Uticajan osudenik koji je glavni za trgovinu droge i
cigareta u zatvoru.
barrack Izrugivanje. They b a rra c k e d (the speaker) during the
meeting.
barracker Osoba koja se izruguje.
barrack-room law yer Drveni advokat.
barracking Bueno izrugivanje neprijateljski nastrojene publike.
barrel, have sb over a Drati koga u aci; imati koga u akama.
barrow boy Ulini prodavac.
bash GB 1. Tresnuti, mlatnuti, odalamiti. Takode bash up Napasti;
izmlatiti.
2. Zabava. I'm having a b a s h at a club for m y birthday.
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bash into Naleteti na. Isto bump into.
bash it; give it a bash Pijaniti. A m an's gotta drink... But you
cant b a s h i t all the time, the way he does, if you want to get
anywhere.
bash on Ustrajati, boriti se i dalje.
give sth a bash Udariti to.
have a bash (at) Pokuati. Let's ha ve a b a s h at m oving this
thing.
bashing GB 1. Ozbiljna/otra kritika; neprijatan posao. P oor old
G erald done fourteen drills that week, plus a nice basinful o f
spud-bashing. "
2. Prostituisanje.
bashing the bishop Drkati, amarati majmuna.
basket GB 1. Eufem. od bastard.
2.
Matorka. Silly old b a ske t, always poking h e r nose into othe
pe op les affairs.
basket case US Lujka, krele.
bastard 1. Svaki neprijatan predmet/situacija itd.
2. Kopile, gad, drkadija, baraba, svinja, dubre. Slino son of
a bitch; cock sucker.
3. Upotrebljava se i bez pogrdnog znaenja, u smislu drukan. That p o o r b a s ta rd ne ver stood a chance once the
avalanche started.
bat along GB Lako ili brzo se kretati (obi. auto),
bat an eyelid GB Obi. not to bat an eyelid Ni ne trepnuti. He
heard the news without b a ttin g an eye lid .
bat for both sides Biseksualac.
bat, off o nes own GB Na svoju ruku, samostalno. Have you
done all this work o f f y o u r o w n b a t?
bat on a (very) sticky w icket GB Biti u (velikim) tekoam a/u
abru.
bat out o f hell, like a GB Veoma brzo.
bats, be GB Biti luckast ili ekscentrian. Takode have bats in the
belfry. He w as grinning like he was b a ts.
batter, on the GB Veseo, raskalaan (obi. pijan).
battered alk. Veom a pijan ili drogiran.
battle-ax(e) Nadak-baba, otrokona.
batty GB Luckast, uvrnut, ekscentrian.
battyman Peder, homi.
baulk at Ustuknuti.
bawling out Grdnja. President Truman on Tuesday dealt the new
Czechoslovak A m bassador a first-class b a w lin g o u t."
bazoom(s) US Sise, sifoni. Isto bazoongies.

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beaner US pogrd. Meksikanac, panac, Hispano-Amerikanac.
Isto dago,
be a devil! Reskiraj!
be-all and end-all Krajnji cilj/svrha; sve i svja. Chem istry is
important. But it s not the b e -a ll a n d e n d -a ll o f rom ance.
be m y guest! Kako da ne! (aljiv odgovor na zahtev).
be o ff (with you)! O dlazi!; gubi se!; tornjaj se!
beak GB 1. zat. Sudija za prekraje.
2. Direktor kole.
beam, o ff the Na krivom tragu; netaan, pogrean. I was way o f f
the beam .
beam-ends, on ones U velikim tekoama; bez prebijene pare,
bean 1. Mala suma novca, sia.
2. Vijuge, kefalo, glava. Use yo u r bean, man!
3. not to have a bean Nemati ni prebijene pare.
4. not worth a bean Ne vredeti ni prebijene pare/ni
piljiva boba.
bean-feast GB 1. Godinja proslava u preduzeu; zabava.
2. Jebaina.
beano Vedro raspoloenje, zabavljanje.
bear-garden Osinjak; buni skup; gungula.
beast zat. O sudenikzbog seksualnog prekraja (obi. onaj ko je
zlostavljao decu). Isto nonce,
beat 1. Premoren. I'm so beat, I need to go to bed.
2. Loeg kvaliteta, lo. This is b e a t stuff. I sm oked it all day
and all I got is a headache."
beat (all) hollow Biti veom a nadmoan; potui do nogu. His story
b e a ts mine a ll h o llo w .
beat it 1. Brii'; gubi se!
2. Zbrisati. When the cop told us to b e a t i t we didnt waste
any time.
3. can you beat it/that? Da li je (to) mogue?
beat off Drkati.
beat o nes brains out 1. Naprezati se iz petnih ila (obi. bez
uspeha). I b e a t m y b ra in s o u t getting ready fo r it, but flunked
anyway.
2. "Razbiti" koga. Tom Cruise tried to b e a t m y b ra in s o u t at
m y audition."
beat ones head against a brick wall Lupati glavom o zid;
pokuavati nemogue.
beat ones meat/dumm y/log US Drkati, bacati ga u nesvest.
beat sb to the draw/punch Pretei koga. The President b e a t
Congress to the p u n c h with that recomm endation, which
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beat seven shades of shit out of som eone Isprebijati koga kao
vola u kupusu.
beat the living daylights out o f Prestraiti; prepasti.
beat the hog Drkati, bacati ga u nesvest.
beat the shit o ut o f sb, kick the shit out o f sb; knock the
shit out of sb Prebiti koga namrtvo, premlatiti koga. The two
jo gg ers caught up with him and b e a t the s h it o u t o f him.
beat to a frazzle Biti veoma nadmoan; potui do nogu.
beat up on Udariti/kritikovati estoko.
beats me Nemam pojma, ne znam. W hat tim es the party? - B:
"B e a ts m e !
beaut US skrad Lepota; lepa osoba/stvar.
beauty sleep lei na spavanje pre ponoi.
beaver 1. GB (obi. sa aw ay at ili on) Krajnje savesno/m arljivo
raditi.
2. US Pika, ubara.
3. Pornografija; pornografski film,
beaver cleaver Penis.
beaver leaver Homoseksualac, homi.
bed down Prilei. I'll b e d d o w n on the chairs.
bed down sb Povaliti/potucati koga.
bed on the wrong side, get out o f Ustati na levu nogu.
beddy-byes Spavati.
Bedfordshire GB Krevet. esto up the wooden hill to
Bedfordshire (Otii) gore u krevet.
bedrock 1. Najnii mogui nivo; temelj, podloga.
2. get down to bedrock Ui u b itstva ri, ioi do kraja. Let's g e t
d o w n t to b e d ro c k , and find out the truth.
bed-sit(ter) Jednokrevetna soba; jednosobni stan.
bedworthy Dobar/dobra u krevetu, dobro se kree.
bee in ones bonnet Opsesija, fiks ideja, buba u glavi. H es got a
bee in h is b o n n e t about wheat germ curing all the w orlds ills.
bee-line, make a Krenuti direktno, najkraim moguim putem;
jurnuti ka (emu). "/4s soon as I could walk, I m ad e a b e e lin e
fo r H arw ards m edical library..."
bee's knees 1. Najbolji.
2. he thinks he is the bees knees Misli da je uhvatio Boga
za bradu.
Beeb, (the) BBC. The B ee b should be roundly applauded for
pulling out the stops fo r this ye a rs Prom s extravaganza, as
conductor Charles Hazlew ood presents inform ative and
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beef 1. Snaga.
2. US aliti se; alba. I ju s t wanna tell you, I got no b e e f
about last night.
3. Prdnuti.
4. Kita, kara.
5. Tucati, jebati, karati, trpati. There were sounds from
Connells bedroom... Connell was b e e fin g her.
6. Podjebavati, zajebavati.
7. Greka. Obi. make a beef.
8. Homi. Isto beefer.
9. Patosirati (koga).
10. put som e beef into Prionuti, zalei (na posao). Come on,
man, p u t some b e e f in the jo b !
beef (som ething) up Poveati, uveati, pojaati.
beefcake US Fotografije seksualno atraktivnog, obino miiavog
mukarca, sa vrlo malo ili nimalo odee. Vidi cheesecake.
The actor has no objections to male cheesecake, or
b e e fca ke as it is called in Hollywood.
beefer 1. GB Peder, homi, pea. You got a crush on that b e e fe r
in the N.A.A.F.I., that's what it is.
2. US Dounik, cinkaro, taster, drukara. Slino stool pigeon,
beefy Nabijen, razbacan, jak, miiav. B e e fy Botham slogged his
way to a stonking m atch-winning perform ance ove r the
Aussies at Headingley in 1981.
beem er Automobil marke BM W ',
been and gone and done it Obaviti posao.
beer and skittles, not all GB Nije sve samo zabava i uivanje; ne
ide sve uvek glatko.
beer, on the Pivopija; navuen na pivo.
beer-up Pijanka. The mechanics, b e e rin g u p with the guys and
driving o ff to Detroit...
beetle off! GB Gubi se!
before the m ast Kao obian mornar.
before you can say Jack Robinson/Knife Za tren oka; dok
kae britva; dok si rekao keks.
beg the question 1. Uzeti kao dokazano, prejudicirati.
2.
Izbegavati direktan odgovor, vrdati.
beggar 1. Eufem. od bugger.
2.
Drukan; drugar.
beggar for ..., a Onaj ko veoma uiva u ...; lud za (kime/ime).
begging for it Moliti za malo mukog/enskog, napaljen(a). Isto
arching for it; gagging for it. Cor, look at her! She's b e g g in g
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begin to, not to Ni izdaleka, ni priblino. His statem ent d o e s n t
b e g in to answ er the question.
behind Pozadina, zadnjica.
bell, sound as a Zdrav ko dren; u odlinom stanju.
bells and whistles Dodatne privlane sitnice. "You don't need to
spend any more than this on a computer... 700 will get you
on the way, 1,000 will add b e /is a n d w h is tle s and 1,500
will buy you a state-of-the-art-machine.
belly-ache US Gundati, zanovetati. F o r Christ's sake stop
b e lly a c h in g and get on with it!
belly-button Pupak.
bellyful Previe. I ve had a b e lly fu l o f yo u r silly advice.
belly-laugh Grohotan smeh.
below the belt Ispod pojasa; nefer, nizak, nepoten; podao,
podmukao.
belt 1. Udarac pesnicom. If you don't shut up m oaning I'll give you
a b e lt 'round the head.
2. Odalamiti, mlatnuti. E d b e lts him in the kisser.
3. Jebanje, tucanje.
4. Jebati, tucati. Isto bang.
5. have under o nes belt Imati iza sebe (u iskustvu); upisati u
rabo. Six ye a rs experience u n d e r m y be lt.
6. at full belt Punom brzinom.
belt along Brzo se pokretati.
belt it Brii!; gubi se!
belt up Zavei!; umukni!; uuti! B e lt up, boys, F athers asleep.
belter GB Sjajna stvar/osoba/dogadaj. Just look at her. She is a
right b e lte r isn't she?
belting GB 1. Batine, lemanje.
2. Sjajan, izvrstan.
bend GB 1. Sudar, sastanak. / m ust make a b e n d with a doctor.
2. Vidi round the bend.
3. Pijanenje.
4. be on a/the bend Pijaniti. / w as with Bob Doran, he's on
one o f his periodical b e n d s .
bend down for sb 1. Natriti/naguziti se kome (seks).
2.
Podvri se ijoj dominaciji, saviti kimu. / w ont b e n d d o w n
fo r you o r fo r anyone else.
bend over backwards Polomiti se oko koga/ega. Slino go out
o f o nes way. You needn't b e n d o v e r b a c k w a rd s to please
the children.
bender 1. Velika pijanka, lumperaj. Odatle go on a bender
Pijaniti ili drogirati se. When his m arriage collapsed, Dick
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2. GB Homi, peder, pea.
3. on ones benders Na izmaku snaga.
bending Nesvestan.
bennies US nark. Tablete benzedrina.
bent 1. (od bend) Oteen.
2. US Nepoten, pokvaren, kvaran; podmitljiv. Slino
crooked Hi dirty (npr. cop). "Remember, this happened in the
1960s when m any detectives were b e n t."
4. Izopaen, homoseksualan.
3. go on the bent Pijaniti, baniti.
bent as a nine bob note 1. Homoseksualan.
2.
Pokvaren, kvaran.
berk GB Luckasta ili budalasta osoba; idiot. Takode birk; burk(e).
best bib and tucker Najbolje/sveano odelo.
best fo ot forw ard/forem ost, put ones Dati sve od sebe;
pokazati se u najboljem svetlu.
best o f a bad job, make the Maksimalno iskoristiti lou situaciju;
izvui ta se moe.
best of British (luck), the GB obi. iron. Sreno.
best part, the Najvei deo. It's been snowing fo r the b e s t p a rt o f
an hour.
best thing since sliced bread, (the) Najbolja stvar na svetu.
bet, best Najbolje to se moe uiniti. If you want to succeed,
y o u r b e s t b e t is to keep on m aking an effort.
bet ones boots/bottom dollar/life Biti sto posto siguran; kladiti
se (da). I'll b e t m y b o tto m d o lla r she'll be back.
better half Lepa polovina (ena).
better hole (to go to) Prijatnije mesto.
better than a slap (poke) in the eye ili in the belly with a w et
fish Hi lettuce Bolje ita nego nita. Takode better than a kick
in the pants H i up the arse,
between the devil and the deep (blue) sea GB U procepu;
izmedu ekia i nakovnja; izmedu dve vatre; izmedu dva zla.
Isto US between a rock and a hard place,
between you and me and the bed-/gate- post U etiri oka.
betwixt and between Napola; izmedu; pola i pola, ni jedno ni
drugo; ni tamo, ni vamo.
beyond one, be Biti van ije moi (razumevanja). W ar and
violence is way b e y o n d m e.
bezongas Sise, sifoni.
bi skra. 1. Biseksualac.
2. Biseksualan.
Bible-banger/-basher/-puncher/-thum per GB Religiozni fanatik.
Isto US holy roller. It's always the B ib le -th u m p e rs who are
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biddy GB Matorka, tetkica. Charley had m et an old b id d y nam ed
Zoe Winthrop.
biff 1. Snaan udarac pesnicom.
2. Odalamiti, mlatnuti, tresnuti. He wouldn't quit, so she
b iffe d him.
big 1. Vaan, moan.
2. think big Pucati na veliko, razmiljati u velikim razmerama.
3. too big fo r o nes boots Uobraen, umiljen, tat.
4. go over big Uspeti; ponjeti uspeh.
Big Bertha 1. Velika Berta, ogromni nemaki top iz Prvog
svetskog rata.
2. ena s velikim oblinama.
big boy US Podrugljiv nain obraanja.
big cheese/shot/wheel/w ig/bug/gun Bog i batina, krupna zverka,
marka, buda, mudonja, glavonja, glavni, bos, mali bog, jaka/
velika fora. 'M r Smith is a b ig w h e e l in national politics.
'Mob b ig w ig Tony Soprano was sitting in his backyard...
big deal! iron. Vrlo vano!; jaka stvar!; udna mi uda!; bez veze!
moe misliti! *So you ju s t bought an Audi. B ig d e a l! 'Elsa
has been p u t on the reception com mittee o f h e r club, so now
she thinks s h e s a b ig deal.
big-head 1. Uobraenko, pametnjakovi.
2. have a big head Biti uobraen. Isto big-headed,
big (it) up Hvaliti.
big man nark. Diler drogom; glavni baja, kapo di tu ti. Slino
big guy.
big-mouth US 1. Brbljivac. He was a b ig m o u th . He picked up
strangers... and told them the story o f his life.
2. Pametnjakovi. Isto wise-ass; sm art/wise guy; know-itall; sm art-ass. B ig m o u th Sally always knows b e st!
big-noise 1. Krupna zverka; buda; mali bog; bos, ef. W hos the
b ig n o is e around here?
2. Vane novosti. The b ig -n o is e is Babas com ing to tow n!
big one 1 .1 0 0 ; 100 $.
2. US 1000 $. Isto large (one). The next time you want me to
do the Today show, it s going to cost you ten b ig ones.
3. US Milion dolara.
4. a big one Atom ska bomba.
big picture, the Globalna slika/predstava, ukupna slika.
big soft Nellie Budala, glupan, idiot, krele.
big style Veoma, sve u esnaest. Yeah she's into him b ig -s ty /e .
big stuff 1. Neto vano; neko vaan.
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big talk Pompezan govor; prazne rei. His prom ises were ju s t b ig
ta lk
big time US 1. Uspeh, sami vrh (ob/d u sportu ili svetu oubiznisa).
2. Potpuno. The candidate went on to deliver a speech that
m ade clear what we suspected: that he is clueless, b ig tim e.
3. hit the big time Postid veliki uspeh. She's h it the b ig tim e
with getting that fifty thousand pound contract.
big top (Glavna) cirkuska atra; cirkus.
big way, in a 1. Znatno, dosta. I've had him in a b ig way. (Dosta
m i ga je vise.)
2. go over in a big w ay Postid veliki uspeh; pobrati sve
aplauze/pohvale.
big w hite telephone Klozetska olja. Vidi talk to the big white
(tele)phone.
bike 1. Promiskuitetna ena.
2. g. Bajk, biseksualna lezbejka.
bilge GB Glupost, besmislica, budalatina, bla-bla. D o n t give me
that b ilg e !
Bill, (the) GB top. Policija, murija.
bill and coo Milovati se i cmakati se; gugutati kao dva goluba.
billet Posao; mesto; smetaj; odredite; poloaj.
billy nark. Amfetamin.
billy(-can) Limenka, limena posuda za kuvanje.
billy-(h)o, like Mnogo, jako, brzo, estoko. Rain like b illy -o .
bimbo 1. Beznaajna osoba; propalitet. Isto nebbish. Nobody
listened to the p o o r b im b o .
2. Beba.
3. Zgodna ali praznoglava (mlada) ena, zgodna urkica.
4. Prostitutka, fufa, fuksa, kurava. W hat kind o f a b im b o does
he think I am?
bin (it) GB Otarasiti se, ostaviti, napustiti, odbaciti.
bind, a Izuzetno glupa/dosadna/neprijatna osoba/stvar/dunost/
posao. He was in too much o f a b in d to think o f that.
bind rigid Uasno dosadivati, smarati. Jack? Oh, he b in d s me
solid!
binge 1. Pijanka, lumperaj, terevenka, teranje kera. The good
old-fashion he-man b ing e.
2.
go on a binge Pijaniti, terati kera.
bingo! Bingo!; (pun) pogodak! Have y o u r contracts and debts
been declared void, b in g o , y o u re back in business.
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bint GB 1. Devojura, kurvica, fuksa. /As R.A.F. friend would
have put it, you could ne ver tell with these foreign b in ts .
2. go binting Traiti enu za seks.
bird 1. Devojka, zgodna enska, riba, koka. Slino chick. He
introduces Laurence's b ird , Gina, who dream s o f having h e r
own chat-show ...
2. Osoba, drukan. Odatle a funny/queer bird udak. He was
a funny b ir d in m any ways.
3. Peder, pea. Isto gay.
4. do bird lop. Leati u zatvoru.
5. bird-time lop. Vreme provedeno u zatvoru.
6. get the bird Ne biti dobro primljen od publike; biti
otputen, najuren, dobiti nogu.
7. a little bird told me Rekla mi ptiica.
bird of passage Ptica selica; lutalica.
birdbrained Praznoglav, priglup, svraka mu popila mozak.
bird-cage, mouth like the bottom of a Neprijatan zadah (obi.
posle pica).
birthday suit, in ones GB Ko od majke roden; nag, bez odee.
Isto in the altogether. Naked as a jaybird, with nothing on
over his b irth d a y s u it.
biscuit, that takes a To je vrhunac!; to sve nadmauje! (i iron).
bitl.Novi.
2. (skra. od bit o f fluff/skirt) enska.
3. Neki asp ektstvari (veoma se iroko upotrebljava.) I quite
like the holiday arrangem ents but I don't like the sailing b it.
4. do ones bit Dati udela; pridoneti; dati svoj obol; odraditi
svoje.
5. have a bit Tucati se, karnuti se. if y o u re in need o f a b it,
you m ight find h e r attractive.
bit much, a Malo (je) previse'. Leaving us with a 2000 dollar
telephone bill was a b it m uch .
bit o f all right, a Privlana osoba/stvar; zgodan kom ad, zgodno
pare. She's a b it o f a lrig h t. I'm going to ask h e r for a date.
bit o f doing, take a Biti teko da se postigne.
bit o f crum b/cuff/cunt/fluff/hom ew ork/jam /m uslin/skirt/
soap/stuff, etc. 1. Dobro pare, dobra koka, zgodna enska,
suknja. They m ustnt quarrel over a b it o f s k irt.
2. Jebanje, seksualni odnos. Isto bit o f tail. H e s o ff out after a
b it o f tail.
bit o f spare Seksualno dostupna osoba.
bit on the side em a, veza van braka.
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bitch 1. Kuka, gadura, zavodnica.
2. g. Prezira vredan m ukarac (meu homoseksualcima).
3. Gundati, zanovetati, jadati se. You should go to the front
office and b itc h about it if you don't like it.
bitch off Razljutiti.
bitch up Spetljati, zbrljati, pokvariti. Who b itc h e d u p m y desk?
It's a real mess.
bitchy Zloban, kivan, pakostan, zlurad. W hy are you so b itc h y
today?
bite moose! Gubi se! Isto get lost.
bite the dust 1. Zagristi u ledinu; otegnuti papke, ciknuti.
2. Prestati funkcionisati, propasti. The ledgers show ed too
much red ink, and the com pany b it the d u st.
bits and pieces 1. Gomila, skupina (stvari), sve i svata. M y
feelings about h e r are all b its a n d p ie c e s since she left.
2. go/fall to bits and pieces Raspadati se (od muke); rastrojiti se. A fte r m om died, I w e n t to b its a n d p ie ce s.
bitten Opsednut.
bitty Fragmentaran, sklepan, isprekidan, rasparan.
biz 1. skra. Biznis, posao.
2. Glup, budalast. That new play at the forum was biz.
3. show biz ou-biznis, industrija zabave.
blab (off) Izbrbljati; propevati; otkucati. Here come the police!
Someone m ust have b lab bed .
blabbermouth Brbljivac, traar(a); osoba koja ne ume da uva
tajnu. D on't say anything to Bob unless you want the whole
office to know. Bob's quite a b la b b e rm o u th .
black 1. Velika greka/gaf. Obi. put up a black Pogreiti,
napraviti veliku greku/gaf.
2. pogrd. Crnja, amuga. Takode the blacks.
3. in the black U plusu; ima novca na raunu. Suprotno in
the red.
4. in black and w hite Napismeno, crno na belo.
black as the ace of spades Crn ko davo; veoma prljav.
black box Crna kutija (u avionu).
Black Country, the GB Industrijska oblast u srednjoj Engleskoj.
black hat US Negativac u politikom skandalu. Suprotno white
hat. To put white-hat W einberger on trial at this late date to
face charges based on testim ony from b la c k h a ts who have
entered guilty plea bargains would look like a travesty.
b la ck ja ck GB Pendrek.
black leg 1. trajkbreher.
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black man, the avo.
Black Maria GB (Policijska) marica.
black mark Znak neslaganja. You'll get a b la c k m a rk if you do
that.
black m arket Crno trite.
black tie Sveano/veernje odelo.
black out 1. Onesvestiti se.
2. Zamraiti.
3. Ne moi se setiti. He totally b la c k e d o u t that evening.
black-out 1. Nesvest.
2. Cenzura. a news black-out Zabrana vesti (npr. po naredenju vlade). The whole region was b la c k e d o u t fo r the final
game.
3. Zamraenje.
Black-shirt Crnokoulja, faista.
black velvet alk. Meavina ampanjca i piva.
bladdered GB alk. Pijan ko majka/zemlja, uletvljen.
blah 1. Truanje.
2. Brbljati, govoriti gluposti.
blairism GB Blerizam; period vladavine Tonija Blera u Engleskoj i
njegova politika.
blank Grubo ignorisati. Despite being introduced 5 m inutes earlier,
he ju s t rudely b la n k e d me.
blanket(t)y blank GB Utivo ublaavanje jaih rei, naroito
bloody hell.
blarney Grubo laskanje, ulagivanje; blagoglagoljivost. She refused
to listen to his sm ooth b la rn e y.
blast 1. Dim cigarete ili dointa. Give us a b la s t on yo u r cigarette,
I've ju s t run out.
2. US Prijatno iskustvo. W asn't the party last night a bla st?
3. Brza vonja. We're going for a b la s t up to the coast to get
some fresh air.
blast it! GB Prokletstvo!; do vraga! Takode blast and damnation!
blast, full o f Svom snagom, punom parom, sve u esnaest.
blasted 1. Proklet, odvratan, ogavan. Make that b la s te d dog keep
quiet!
2. US alk., nark. Nadrogiran; mortus-pijan, razbijen.
blather Isto kao i blah,
blatherskite Brbljivac, blebetalo.
blatts Dijareja, proliv. I daren't leave the house, I've got the b la tts .
blazes, go to 1. Otii do vraga.
2.
to blazes with sb/sth Do vraga s kime/im.
blazes!, the (blue) Vraga!; davola! W hat the b laze s are you
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bleed sb w hite Iscediti koga ko limun; izmusti koga do poslednje
pare; oerupati koga. The loan sharks b le d him w hite.
bleed like a (stuck) pig Obilno krvariti.
bleeder Krelac, mazgov, budala. I told that b le e d e r not to come
here again!
bleeding Upotrebljava se za pojaavanje znaenja. That
b le e d in g idiot from next door is drunk again.
bless my soul! GB Boe blagi!; boe me sauvaj!
bless you! GB 1. Bog te blagoslovio!
2. Nazdravlje!
blessed/blest, (well) Im GB Nek sam proklet!; davo me odneo!
I'm b le s s e d if I'll do it.
blether Isto kao i blah.
blighter GB Tip; klipan, budala. This b lig h te r approaches me
and asks for a cigarette; sure I say, and then he has the gall to
put it in his pocket and says he'll smoke that la te r and then
asks for another to have no w ."
Blighty GB Engleska; zaviaj, domovina.
Blimp, (Colonel) Strog, uskogrud, konzervativan (obi. penzionisan) oficir; neko ko se dri kurevito.
blimps nark. ar kanabisa koji otpadne od cigarete m arihuane i
prouzrokuje opekotine koe, ili progori odeu, ili oteti
nametaj. Isto bomb.
blim(e)y, (cor/7/gor) GB Zaboga!; zaista!; bogati!
blind 1. Psovka. Vidi e ff and blind. I don't wont a b lin d word
out o f either o f you.
2. alk. Intoksiniran. Obi. blind drunk Mrtav pijan.
3. Izgovor, paravan, maska. His new spaper jo b was only a
b lin d fo r his real business, which was receiving stolen goods.
4. GB alk. Pijanenje. Obi. go on a blind.
5. sw ear blind Psovati kao koija.
6. go (into sth) blind lei'naslepo; id na nevideno.
blind bit o f notice, not to take a Uopte ne obraati panju.
H e'll never take a b lin d b it o f n o tic e to anyones remarks.
blind date/drag Sudar na nevideno (s nepoznatom osobom
suprotnog pola).
blind sb with science Zaslepiti/zbuniti koga nadmonim znanjem.
Odatle blinded w ith/by science,
blind side 1. (ija) slaba taka.
2.
on the blind side U slabu taku; neoekivano.
blinder Mrak postignue. Tim's played another b lin d e r.
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blink, on the 1. Ne radi dobro, trokira. The phone's on the b lin k .
2. Drka, masturbira.
3. like a blink Za tren oka. He m ust have died lik e a b lin k .
blitz Prepad, napad. The police are having a b litz on illegal
parking in the village.
block zat. Blok elija, samica.
block, o ff ones Lud; popizdeo, pobesneo.
blockbuster Razbija/term inator bioskopskih blagajni, mega-hit.
T h e Silence Of The Lambs, the b lo c k b u s te r thriller that trans
form ed serial killing and cannibalism from taboo crimes into
household term s...
blockhead GB Klipan, tupan, mentol, krele. Isto US klutz,
bloke GB 1. Drukan, tip, dasa, ova, momak.
2. Ljubavnik.
blood and thunder Senzacionalistika knjiga, film itd. So all sm all
boys like blo o d -a n d -th u n d e rp ictu re s?
blood-bath Krvoprolie.
blood chit Pismena dozvola.
bloodsucker Krvopija.
blood-wag(g)on Am bulantna kola,
blood, young 1. Mladi lanovi, svea krv.
2. Svee ideje.
bloody GB 1. Proklet, davolski; preispoljni. D on't be a b lo o d y
fool!
2. Re koja slui za pojaavanje znaenja. I'll b lo o d y thump
that idiot.
Bloody Mary Koktel od votke i paradajz-dusa.
bloody-minded GB Odbojan, tvrdoglav, podmukao, angrizav
(obi. bez razloga). She's so b lo o d y -m in d e d that she wouldnt
give me the newspaper, even though she didnt want it herself!
bloom er (Po)greka, gaf, brljotina, previd.
blooming GB Proklet, davolski. Get that b lo o m in g idiot out o f m y
sight.
blotto alk. Mrtav pijan, betoniran, uletvljen. Colin got b lo tto that
night and told me, 'She was murdered, says Ann Bostich.
blow 1. Dovraga!; dodavola! Takode blow me down!; blow it!;
oh blow! itd.
2. Proerdati, spiskati (novae). The state b le w m y m oney
buying votes for Roosevelt.
3. Puiti, lizati (seks). Isto give sb a blow-job; go down on
sb. Odatle blow job Felacio, puenje. I went to the hospital,
pulled the curtains around us and gave him the best b lo w -jo b
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4. nark. Marihuana, "duvanje , duvka. This night watchman
had invited a policem an inside fo r a b lo w .
5. nark. Puiti marihuanu, "duvati". He enjoys sex: he does not
b lo w grass.
6. Ill be (ili Im) blowed if Ill... Odneo me davo ako...
7. look w hat the w in d s blown in! Vidi ko je doao!
blow! Ispari!; gubi se!; brii!; tutanj!
blow a fuse/gasket GB Pobesneti.
blow aw ay Ubiti, ukokati.
blow chunks Povratiti.
blow in Stii, doi na asak; upasti, naglo ui, banuti. Odatle
blown-in Pridolica (pogot. neko neoekivan).
blow it Uprskati stvar, kiksirati, zabrljati. We are wining. If we don't
b lo w it.
blow it! Jebiga!
blow off a guy Nogirati frajera; dati mu dvojku.
blow/cut/rip one Prdnuti, pustiti gnjurca.
blow ones cool Izgubiti ivce.
blow ones mind Doiveti ekstazu, oboriti s nogu. The
combination that really b lo w s m y m in d ... is Ecstasy, Speed
and tem azepam ."
blow ones stack/top/cool/cork/gaff/lid/roof/stack Pui kome
film, pobesneti, popizdeti. When... /D a v id /M e llo r heard what
had occured, he b le w h is top. A few days la te r an account o f
his tem per tantrum appeared in T h e Observer'.
blow one's wad Ejakulirati.
blow-out Gozba, feta, pijanka, dranje.
blow out o f the w ater Maknuti sa scene; ukloniti. Isto shoot sb
down in flam es. The only way to get rid o f him is to b lo w n
h im o u t o f the water.
blow (sb) out "O tkaiti koga. Isto give sb the blow out. I'm
going to b lo w o u t m y brother and go to that new club night
instead.
blow the lid o ff (a dubious plan, a secret, etc.) Provaliti to u
javnosti; izazvati (politiki) skandal.
blow the w histle 1. "Propevati, ocinkariti. Isto sing. She hadn't
been Dutch Schultzs wife fo r four years not to know the
penalty fo r b lo w in g the w h is tle .
2. Ukazati na neto loe. Som ebody has to b lo w the w h is tle
on this ruinous police.
b lo w u p US Namlatiti lovu (obi. prodajui drogu).
blowback 1. Hrani kue da te ujede. M y husbands infidelity was a
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2. nark. Nain na koji dvoje ljudi istovremeno konzumiraju
marihuanu: jedan izbacuje dim, a drugi ga uvlai.
blower Telefon.
blub(b)er Cmizdriti, aliti se. D on't b lu b b e r over what you can't
change.
blue 1. Nepristojan. Slino dirty.
2. Potiten, utuen, snuden, depresivan.
blue-chip Izvrsnog kvaliteta, prvoklasan.
blue-eyed boy Miljenik, mezime.
blue funk, in a U dubokoj depresiji/melanholiji; u velikom strahu.
Losing his girl p u t him into a b lu e fu n k fo r weeks.
Blue Horse Hawaiian GB nark. Koktel od heroina i valijum a/
temazepama.
blue in Spiskati (novae),
blue movies Porno-filmovi, pornii.
blue m urder 1. Dreka, graja.
2. cry/sream /how l/yell/shout blue m urder Nadii dreku; did
graju; derati se na sav glas. When the doctor pushed the
needle into h e r arm she s h o u te d b lu e m u rd e r.
blue pencil 1. Olovka kojom se vri cenzura.
2. Cenzor.
blues, theTuga, melanholija, depresija, potitenost.
blunt GB nark. Dokavac, doint.
blunted GB nark. "N aduvan.
blurb Kratak sadraj knjige (na koricama); izdavaeva preporuka
knjige (na koricama).
boards, the Pozornica, pozorine daske.
boat, in the same U istom sosu. If you lose yo u r jo b Ill lose
mine, so w ere both In the sa m e bo at.
boat, miss the Zakasniti, propustiti priliku.
boat out, push the Rasipati novae; dati se u veliki troak. They
really p u s h e d the b o a t o u t fo r their daughters wedding, and
invited 100 people.
bob GB Iznenada se pojaviti, banuti, naii. Im ju s t gonna b o b
down to the corner shop for some fags, do you want
anything?"
Bobs your uncle 1. ia mia i gotova pria.
2. I to ti je to, i na konju si. Make sure you have prim ed
and undercoated the wood. Then apply the gloss paint and
B o b 's y o u r u n d e ! The wood will stay protected and look good
for another couple o f years.
Bobby GB Bobi, policajac.
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bod GB 1. ovek, tip.
2. Seks, eva. Hey, Willie, do you want a bit o f b o d ?
body count voj. Prebrojavanje poginulih (posle borbe).
boff 1. Jebati. Isto fuck.
2. Prdnuti.
boff (up) Pogreiti, napraviti gaf.
boffin GB (Ekscentrini) naunik, ekspert, strunjak, specijalista.
Scottish b o ffin , John Logie Baird, gave the first demonstration
o f the television in 1926. There was nothing on.
bog Kenjati, srati.
bog(s) GB 1. Klonja, kenjara. Takode bog-house.
2.
have a bog Id u klonjaru.
bog-house barrister Drveni advokat. Isto barrack-room
lawyer.
bog-lrish GB pogrd. Irac, irskog porekla. Isto Mick; Paddy;
bogtrotter.
bog-standard GB Obian, uobiajen. It was ju s t a b o g -s ta n d a rd
Christmas, too much food, too much booze and not enough
sleep.
bogart ili Bogart ili bogard Surovo se ponaati; postid neto
zastraivanjem.
bogart a jo in t Uzeti vie nego to kome pripada, obi. dim
marihuane. Isto hog. Come on Tim, don't b o g a rt the jo in t.
boink Tucati (se).
bollock-naked, (stark) GB Go golcat.
bollocks GB 1. Muda.
2. Glupost, budalatina. Thats a lot o f b o llo c k s . There arent
any styles, theres ju s t good m usic and bad music, and thats
all.
3. the bollocks Neto najbolje.
bollocking, to give GB Prigovarati, kenjati (kome).
boloney; baloney US Glupost, budalatina.
bolshie Boljevik, komunjara./4/ter a tricky interview during which
she was both b o ls h ie and edgy, Isabelle H u pp ertw as
dubbed Madame F rosty b y a journalist.
bolt 1. Iskapiti, popiti na eks.
2.
Halapljivo pojesti.
bomb 1. nark. ar kanabisa koji otpadne od cigarete marihuane i
prouzrokuje opekotine, ili oteenja odee ili nametaja. Varijacije bombies; bombers. Isto blimps.
2. US Izvrstan, najbolji.
3. Brzo (ot)ii. W ill you b o m b round to the com e r shop and
get a pint o f milk?
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bomb, (go) like a 1. Ioi vrlo brzo (auto).
2. Veoma uspeno se odvijati. The party w e n t lik e a bo m b.
bombed (out) alk., nark. Uraden.
bonce GB Glava.
bone 1. Penis u erekciji, pendrek. Isto bone-on; boner (2).
2. Fal, laan. D o n t give me no b o n e excuses.
3. Jebati.
4. Jebanje.
bone-head US 1. Glupan, tikvan, krele, dileja.
2. elavac.
boner 1. US Glupa pogreka. The Governm ent has made about
every b o n e r possible.
2. Penis u erekciji; pendrek. Isto bone. He wanted to make it,
but couldnt get a bo ne .
boneyard GB Groblje.
bong nark. 1. Vodena lula na koju se pui hai ili marihuana.
I like the blunt but m y double barrel b o n g is getting me
stoned.
2. Puiti hai ili marihuanu uz pom o vodene lule.
bonged-out nark. Naduvan, uraden.
bonk GB 1. Tucati, povaliti.
2. Tucanje.
3. Odalamiti, mlatnuti, tresnuti.
bonkers GB 1. aav, udaren, ekscentrian. Slino nuts. Folks
are going slightly b o n k e rs these days over any thing that
glitters.
2. Lud (za ime) He's b o n k e rs for going out and getting drunk.
3. stark staring bonkers Potpuno lud, poizeo, podilkanio.
bonzo 1. Lud, poblesavio.
2.
Komedija.
boob 1. GB Tupan; mokljan. Takode booby; dim-wit.
2. Vidi boobs.
3. GB Glupa pogreka, gaf, brljotina.
4. Pogreiti.
5. US zat. Zatvor.
boob jo b Stavljanje silikonskih grudi.
boob tube Televizija. It w as perhaps the m ost realistic fam ily
show ever seen on the b o o b tube.
boobies Vidi boobs.
booboo, make a Pogreiti, napraviti gaf. Oh no! I've ju s t m ade a
classic b o o b o o .
boobs; boobies; boonies Sise, sifoni, bal(k)oni. Isto US
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boom box Kasetofon ili CD plejer. D on't forget to bring you r
b o o m b o x to the picnic!
boomer Pripadnik generacije baby-boom (roeni kasnih etrdesetih godina XX veka). If there's one thing that has come
through in all the interviews and focus groups I've done with
b o o m e rs , it's that these people have big egos b ut weak
identities.
boot 1. utirati, pikati. Let's b o o t the football around.
2. pogrd. Crnja, amuga.
3. get the boot Dobiti nogu, biti otputen.
4. put the boot in Pritisnuti, izvriti (nemilosrdan) pritisak.
Skra. boot Nepotrebna okrutnost posle pobede.
boot boys GB Mladi huligani, izmai. Isto bovver-boys.
boot-licker Dupelizac, ulizica, uvlaka.
boot out Izbaciti, otpustiti, najuriti. They b o o te d him outfor
coming late.
boots on the ground US Kopnena invazija.
booze alk. 1. Buz, pie, alkohol (obi. viski); cuga.
2. go on the booze Pijaniti, cugati, lokati.
booze-up alk. Pijanka.
boozed(-up) alk. Pijan, naliven, betoniran, uletvljen.
boozer alk. 1. GB Restoran, bar, pab,
2. Pijanac, cirkaro, mokri brat. Isto booze artist,
bore rigid Uguiti od dosade, smoriti. He b o re s m e r ig id with her
tales o f wealth and fame.
bore shitless Uguiti, smoriti. I was b o re d s h itle s s by h e r
talking non-stop about h e r family. Isto bore stiff,
bore the pants off sb Biti mnogo dosadan; uguiti, smoriti (koga).
Takode bore sb rigid/stiff; bore the balls off; bore the tits
off; bored out of one's skull. That 8 h o ur sem inar on nuclear
physics b o re d the p a n ts o f f m e.
bosh GB 1. Glupost, besmislica. Slino bullshit.
2. make a bosh of sth Upropastiti/zeznuti/zasrati (stvar).
bosh-shot Neuspeo pokuaj. Isto boss-shot,
bossyboots Osoba koja voli da efuje.
botch (up) 1. Sklepati (neto).
2.
Uprskati (stvar). I tried to cook a nice dinner, but I m afraid
I've rathe r b o tc h e d it (up).
bottle 1. Hrabrost, petlja. Johnny's scared, he's lost his b o ttle .
2. Udariti koga u lice flaom (od piva).
3. not to have the bottle Nemati muda, nemati petlju.
bottle it Obeshrabriti se, izgubiti hrabrost.
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bottle out o f sth Ustuknuti, ucvikovati. Slino chicken out. M rs
Thatcher has ne ver been one to back down o r b o ttle ou t.
bottom burp GB Prde, gnjurac. Takode botty burp,
bottomless pit Rupa bez dna, osoba sa nezajaljivom eljom da
jede.
bottoms up! Uzdravlje!; nazdravlje!; iveli!
bounce, thats the Tako ti je to; sudbina!
bouncer US Izbaciva (npr. iz diskoteke).
bouncers Sise, sifoni.
bounder GB Prostak, neotesanac, diber.
bovver GB (skra. od bother) Nevolja. You want b o w e r?
bovver-boots GB Glomazne izme (koje nose bovver-boys).
bovver-boys GB Mladi huligani, izmai. Isto boot boys.
bowled out, be Potuen, razoruan, zanemeo, bez teksta.
box 1. Pika.
2. Muda. Slino basket.
3. mar, anus.
4. be in the box Biti priteran uza zid, biti pritenjen.
5. be in a box Biti u haosu.
6. on the box Na televiziji. D id you see the Chancellor on the
b o x last night?
box clever Nadmudriti.
boxed nark. Uraden .
boy nark. Heroin. Isto smack; junk; skag; shit; brown; horse;
H ; Harry,
boyo 1. Deki, deai, deko.
2.
Drugar, ovek, prijatelj.
brain GB Udariti po glavi, zveknuti, pripaliti, opiiti. If you don't tidy
y o u r room now, I'll b ra in you.
brained GB nark. Uraden do besvesti.
brainiac Zaludenik za uenje/nauku.
brainshiting; brainstorming Oluja mozgova, produvavanje vijuga/dizni; tehnika grupnog reavanja problema ili grupnog traganja za novim idejama i reenjima.
brass GB 1. Lova, pare, uke.
2. Drskost. How did she have the b ra s s to do that?
3. skra. od brass-nail Kurva, kurava, fuksa.
4. vorc, bez prebijene pare.
5. US voj. Glaveine, vojne stareine, visoki oficiri, mudonje,
bude, monici. Odatle carry brass Imati vaan in. *There's
lots o f vice presidents here but theyre not really b ra ss. *W e'd
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brass balls Muda, petlja, hrabrost. Isto guts. Joe has b ra s s
b a lls , he lets noone push him around.
brass man Prevarant, varalica.
brass-m onkey w eather/tim e GB 1. Vrlo hladno vreme.
2 cold enough to freeze the balls o ff a brass m onkey
Hladno da se smrznu muda.
brass neck Drskost, bezobrazluk. a bra ss-ne cklie .
bread Lova.
break a leg! Sreno!; sa sreom!
break it up! Prestani!; prekini!
break/bust one's ass/balls/buns/butt/chops/conk/hum p/nuts/
sw eet ass Odrati bulju od posla. * If they b re a k th e ir asse s
they m ight g et into a college program. *lm finished b u s tin g
m y h u m p on that kind o f work.
break sb s balls 1. Polomiti kome piku. If you cross me one
more time, I m gonna b re a k y o u r b a lls . You understand me?
2. Pretovariti koga poslom. H e ll do the work at m y speed, o r
I m gonna b re a k h is b a lls to get it done on time.
3. Provocirati, zezati, isprovaljivati.
break/bust sbs chops Gnjaviti, daviti, smarati. His old man was
starting to b re a k h is c h o p s about the union.
break the back o f Zavriti najtei/najvei deo (npr. posla); ud
emu u sr.
breeder US g. Heteroseksualac.
breeze, its a Neto lako, maji kaalj.
breeze in Banuti, upasti.
brick-it GB Usrati se od straha. (Skra. od shit bricks.)
brig US voj. Zatvor, uza, bajbok, mardelj.
bright spark Domiljat/bistar/prom uuran tip
bring o ff Svriti, doiveti orgazam; dovesti do orgazma.
brinkm anship Politika opasnog poigravanja na ivici rata.
bristols GB Sise, sifoni, baloni.
bro (skra. od brother) Brat.
broad US enska, devojka, riba, (laka) ena. We've got Dustin
Hoffman fighting M eryl Streep fo ra four-year-old in Kramer vs
Kramer... Thirty years ago, the Duke would have slapped the
b ro a d around and shipped the kid o ff to m ilitary school."
broke 1. vorc, dekintiran, bez prebijene pare. No, I cant lend
you ten dollars. I'm com pletely b ro k e until payday.
2. go broke Ostati bez prebijene pare, bankrotirati.
3. go for broke Id na sve ili nita. The desperate gam bler
decided to go fo r broke by risking everything on one last throw
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brown nark. Heroin. Isto smack; junk; skag; shit; horse; Harry;
H ; boy.
Brown&W hite nark. Koktel od heroina i kokaina.
brown-hatter Peder, pea, peko. Isto brownie,
brown-nose Uvlaiti se kome u dupe.
brown-nose(r) Dupelizac, beskimenjak. Isto brownie,
brown-suger nark. Vrsta smedeg turskog heroina.
browned/cheesed off GB Ljut, besan, popizdeo, ogoren,
uvreden, sit svega. Isto FED up, pissed off. *He got b ro w n e d
o f f at the way they treated the kids. *im brow ned o ff with him
always being late.
bruiser Bokser; razbija, snaan ovek.
bubs; bubbies Sise, sifoni, baloni, piua.
bubblehead Praznoglavac, upljoglavac. Slino airhead,
buck 1. US Dolar, zelemba, kinta. Isto bones; bread; clams.
The cheapest tickets for the concert cost 25 b u c k s . Do you
still want to go?
2. Odgovornost.
3. US Uperiti pitolj (na koga). We b u c k e d that S O B. last
night.
4. pass the buck Prebaciti odgovornost (na). We chickened
out and p a s s e d the b u c k to the dean.
5. the buck stops here Ovde prestaje izvlaenje od
odgovornosti; ja za ovo odgovaram.
buck nigger US pogrd. Crnuga (mlad i jak); amuga.
buck up Razvedriti se, okuraiti se. B u c k up, old chap, it m ay be
good news.
bucket down GB Padaju sekire (jaka kia).
buckled Ruan.
buckshee GB Besplatno, za d. We can get in b u cksh e e .
buftie GB Pederast.
buftie-boys GB Pederi.
buff Entuzijast, fan.
buff, the GB 1. Koa.
2.
in the buff Nag, bez odee. Liz Hurley appears in the b u ff
on Sharpe, ITV, 1994."
buffer GB Staromodan tip, stari jarac, dlager.
bug 1. US Nervirati, "m asirati, ioi na ivce/jetru. M y m others
been b u g g in g me to clean m y room.
2. Prislukivati uz pomo prislunih uredaja. Odatle bugging
Prislukivanje i bug Buba (prisluni uredaj). Theres a b u g in
this room somewhere.
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bug off Tornjati se, nositi se.
bughouse 1. US Ludnica, ludara, dilkarnica. Takode bug-hutch.
Who cares w hether y o u re free o r locked in a b u g h o u s e ?
2. Drugorazredan, lo bioskop ili takvo pozorite.
bugger GB 1. Momak, drugar, ovek. A in t he a cute little
b u g g e r?
2. Tip. 7 like to think I m an easy pe rson, he smiled. I'd
be am used if anyone told you I was an aw kward b u g g e r1'.
3. Peder, derpe, homi.
4. Bludniiti; pederisati se.
5. Gnjaviti, dosadivati, smarati, guiti.
6. Muna situacija, neprijatan dogadaj; neto prezira vredno.
It's a b u g g e r, Pete having flu on his holidays.
7. Do davola!
bugger up Upropastiti, zbrkati, zeznuti, pokvariti. It's no good, we
m ay asw ell go home, he's b u g g e re d u p the evening.
bugger all GB 1. Nita. Slino sod-all i fuck-all.
2. he did bugger all Vatao je zjale, dokoliio je.
bugger off GB Tornjati se, nositi se, goniti se. Slino fuck off;
piss off. He told me to b u g g e r off.
bugger off! GB Brii!; goni se!; furaj, bre!; odbij!
bugger about/around Vatati zjale, dokoliiti.
buggery GB Blud, bludnienje; sodomija, pederastija.
built like a brick shithouse Solidne/dobre grade; stamen, vrst,
ogroman.
bull (skra. od bullshit) Besmislica, glupost, la, sranje. Stop
giving me all that b u ff.
bull-doze US Zastraiti, terorisati; prisiliti, nametnuti. He b u ll
d o ze d his plan through Parliament.
bulldyke g. Buldajk, agresivna i izuzetno mukobanjasta lezbejka.
bullfuck Glupost, besmislica, la, sranje (poja. bullshit),
bull-headed Tvrdoglav, krut, nefleksibilan. D on't be so b u ll
headed. W hy c ant you adm it that others opinions are ju s t as
good as yours?
bullseye! Pun pogodak!; pravo u centar!
bullshit 1. Proseravanje, glupost, besmislica, la. Slino baloney;
horseshit. I'm afraid yo u r theory is chiefly b u lls h it.
2.
Nasamariti, navui. Are you trying to b u lls h it me?
bullshitter Kenjator, serator, laov.
bullet, get the 1. Dobiti otkaz, dobiti nogu.
2.
give the bullet Otpustiti (koga), najuriti, dati nogu.
bullet-proof 1. Neprobojan.
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bully 1. US Sjajan, odlian, prvorazredan.
2. Makro, svodnik, podvoda.
3. Nasilnik, siledija. Yes, I was about to becom e a b u lly .
bully fo r you! Bravo!; odlino!
bum 1. US Protuva, skitnica, olo, bitanga, propalitet, jebivetar;
prosjak; gotovan, lezileb. The b u m s in the dosshouse have
reached rock bottom.
2. Bulja, dupe; mar.
3. Moljakati, ic(k)ati. Can I b u m a cigarette off?
4. GB have a bit of bum Karnuti; pederisati se. Odatle
bum -boy (Mladi) hom oseksualac; dupedavac, homi, bulja.
bum about/around Gluvariti, lutati, lunjati, iveti kao skitnica,
kloariti. I ju s t b u m m e d around last summer.
bum-bag Torbica pederua. Isto US a fanny pack,
bum m er Totalni promaaj, truba, fijasko, orak. The performance
was a total bu m m e r.
bump o ff US Ubiti, ucmekati, ukokati.
bumps Sise, sifoni, plua.
bum per 1. Neobino velika stvar.
2. Striptizeta.
bumpers Sise, sifoni. Isto bumps.
bundle, a Mnogo para, gomila love. Your new car is really nice. It should be. It cost me a bundle!
bung 1. GB Mito, narukvica.
2. US mar; dupe, bulja. Isto bunghole; asshole,
bung over Dodati, dobaciti, frljnuti. B u n g o v e r the jam , plea se.
bung (sb) GB Podmititi, podmazati; platiti za zatitu. W ere going
to have to b u n g him if we want to stay out o f trouble.
bunk 1. Glupost, uplje rei. Slino bullshit; baloney.
2. US Staromodno, nije kul. Thats a b u n k , m an.
3. US Varati. Isto bunco.
4. do a bunk GB Pobei, utei, zbrisati, uhvatiti maglu. The
cashier has d o n e a b u n k with the day's takings.
bunk off! Odbij!
bunk o ff Eskivirati (dunost).
burble Mrmljati, govoriti besmislice.
burn zat. 1. Duvan ili cigarete.
2.
tw ist a burn Zaviti, zarolati cigaretu.
burn rate Meseni budet (odnosi se na budet filma). Can we
ju s tify this chase? Dunno. W hat's our b u rn ra te ? "
burn CD muz. Izdati CD. Odatle CD burner Sprava koja zapisuje
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bum (sb) 1. Prevariti finansijski, operuati.
2. US Ubiti, ucmekati, ukokati.
burn sbs ass US Ioi kome na nerv; pomeriti kome dupe,
burn the breeze Veom a brzo trati/voziti.
burner US Pitolj, cev(ka), prangija; vatreno oruje.
busboy Osoba koja sklanja prljave tanjire i escajg sa stolova u
restoranu. Which is why m y birthay lunch found him lecturing
the b u s b o y in excruciating detail on the preferred way to p o ur
water from a pitcher."
bush 1. Brada.
2. Pika, bun.
3. nark. Marihuana.
bushed Iscrpljen, premoren, prem laen. Im going to lie down
fo r a while. I m really b u sh e d .
business, (the) Neto najbolje. That new B M W is the b u s in e s s .
bussines end Opasan/sutinski deo ega; otrica. He sat down
on the b u s s in e s e n d o f a drawing-pin.
busk GB 1. Pevati ili svirati na ulici za novae. Odatle busker
Lutajui ulini peva/svira/zabavlja; putujui muzikant.
2. Improvizovati. If they dont accept ou r agenda w ell ju s t
have to b u s k it.
busy-body Priipetlja, mirodija u svakoj orbi.
bust 1. Unititi, upropastiti.
2. Upasti (policija). His house was b u s te d this m orning and
some drugs were taken away.
3. Slomiti, razbiti, razlupati; obiti (sef). I b u s te d m y nose.
4. Uhapsiti, orkirati. A n d then I went and got b u s te d , m y old
m other was disgusted.
5. Udariti (koga). Udarac. She b u s te d me in the kishkes.
6. Neuspeh, fijasko. M y try fo r h e r sweet favors was a total
b u s t.
7. Gubitnik, luzer. Isto nonstarter; loser. A t baseball I was a
risible b u st.
8. Hapenje, pretraga, racija, orkiranje. The b u s ts started to
happen. People started to go to prison. People started to die.
9. Raalovati, rainiti.
10. Uhvatiti koga na delu.
11. go bust Prestati funkcionisati; propasti (posao), bankrotirati, krahirati.
bust ones/sbs ass/balls/bun 1. Napeti se iz petnih ila; oznojiti
bulju/zadnjicu. Jack really b u s t h is b a ils to finish the report
on time.
2. Kinjiti/mustrati koga; ioi kome na ivce; dosadivati kome;
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bust/break sbs chops Gnjaviti, daviti, smarati, masirati koga;
kinjiti koga; ivcirati koga.
bust one's guts Satirati se od posla.
busted vorc, liht, dekinte. Slino broke,
bustin eljan (ega). I'm b u s tin fo r a pint and a ciggy.
butch GB 1. Muevan.
2. g. (M ukobanjasta) lezbejka. Isto bulldyke; dyke. She
followed Showgirls with another brazen character, Corky, the
b u tc h ex-con who jo in s Jennifer Tilly in a sisterhood o f lust
and larceny in the lesbian n o ir thriler Bound.
butchers, have/take a Baciti pogled, baciti dikana, gvirnuti,
draknuti. Let's ha ve a b u tc h e rs at it before you p u t it back.
butt Dupe, bulja, zadnjica.
butt-kisser Uvlaka, ulizica, poltron.
butt naked Go, bez odee.
butt out! US Gledaj svoja posla! Isto keep your nose out of
(sth). B u tt o u t John, it's none o f y o u r business.
butt-ugly Ogavan, ruan ko davo.
butthead Moron, bolid, mentol, krele, gnom, dupeglavac.
butter-fingers Nespretnjakovi, s d v e leve ruke.
butterflies in o nes stomach, have Biti nervozan, uzbuden.
butter up Laskati. Takode butter sb up Zai kome pod kou (radi
koristi). You b u tte r u p the boss, you get the raise.
buttocks Bulja, kanta, dupe.
button m an/player/soldier lop. Nierangirani lan mafije.
button up Zaepi!; umukni! Isto button/zip ones lip. If you don't
b u tto n u p they'll shut you up.
buy 1. Poverovati, kupiti. These guys b o u g h t the myth and
now its costing them dearly.
2. Sloiti se (sa im).
3. Uposliti, iznajmiti. He b o u g h t him a la w yer and filed suit.
4. Podmititi, kupiti. He tried to b u y a couple o f ju ry members.
buy it Biti ubijen, poginuti, nadrljati; biti ranjen. Isto cop it.
buy the farm/ranch US Poginuti.
buzz 1. Glasina, tra, "'buva". W hat's the dirtiest bu zz?
2. Pozvati/cimnuti telefonom, zvrcnuti.
3. Telefonski poziv. Why not b u z z E ddy for the brawl?
4. Prijatan oseaj/nadraaj. A fte r two Scotches he got a nice
buzz.
buzz crusher US Osoba koja kvari raspoloenje u drutvu. Isto
party pooper; killjoy,
buzz off! GB Gubi se!; nosi se!; brii!; teraj se!; ibe! Slino piss
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buzzer Telefon.
buzzin Usplahiren, pun energije (obi. usled korienja droge).
buzzword ili buzzphrase Popularna ali obino besmislena re;
pomodna argonska re. 'Interface' is a popular buzz-word
am ong pseudo-intellectuals at the moment. *Self-determ inatio n 'w a s an im portant buzzword during the collapse o f East
Germ any in 1989. and 1990.
by the short hairs, have one Imati koga u akama; drati kome
muda u procepu, drati koga za kratke dlaice. Takode have
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this short cut and cab ba ge a little time.
2. US Novanice, zelembai, uke. Isto GB green stuff.
3. Mozak.
cabbage-head Glupan, upljoglavac, klipan.
cabbage-looking, Im not so green as Im Nisam veslo sisao;
nisam pao s Marsa.
cabbage-patch Mala bata.
cabbie; cabby GB Taksista.
caboodle, the (whole) Sve zajedno; sve komplet/duture.
cack-handed GB Nespretan. It was a ca c k -h a n d e d attem pt at
patching up the dispute.
cackle Vidi cut the cackle,
cad GB 1. Prostak, kulov, neotesanac.
2.
Hulja, nitkov. Lord Lucan m ay have been a flam boyant cad,
but his story is colourless next to the tragi-com edy o f the
Claim ants life - mere soap as com pared with a grand opera.
cadge 1. ic(k)ati, moljakati. He cadged20p fo r cigarettes
yesterday.
2.
be on the cadge ic(k)ati. He's on the ca d g e fo r m oney
again.
cadger ic(k)aro.
caff GB (Jeftin) kafe, kafi.
cagey Oprezan, obazriv, rezervisan. Isto cagy. She is very c a g e y
about h e r past life.
cagmag Glupost, besmislica.
Cain, raise Razljutiti se; nadii dreku/graju.
cake-hole GB Usta, gubica. Shut yo u r ca ke -h o le !
cake, piece o f GB Neto veoma lako, igrarija, maji kaalj.
cake-walk 1. Neto veoma lako. Slino piece o f cake; cinch;
breeze. O ur players thought this season w as going to be a
cake-w alk.
2.
Lako steen novae,
cakes and ale Veselje, zabavljanje; lak ivot, med i mleko.
cakes, like hot lei'veoma brzo, kao alva. Those pictures are
going lik e h o t cake s, there will be none left soon.
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call-girl Prostitutka s kojom se moe ugovoriti sastanak
telefonom; devojka za pratnju.
call-house/joint Javna kua, bordel.
call it a day! Za d a n a sje dosta!
call it a deal! Dogovoreno!
call off Opozvati; ponititi; otkazati.
call one everything under the sun Jebati kome sve po spisku.
call-sign Dingl radio stanice.
camp 1. Preteran; izvetaen; afektiran; teatralan; enskast;
ekstravagantan. To be ca m p is to be mannered, affected,
theatrical. To be ca m p is to be effeminate.
2. Homoseksualac, peder.
3. Homoseksualan. Takode camp as a row o f (pink) tents.
4. Preterivati ili se ponaati fem inizirano/pederasto. Obi.
camp it up; camp about.
5. high camp Ne ba umetniki, ali ekstravagantno i/ili stilski
efektno.
can US 1. Klonja, klozet. Isto john.
2. zat. uza, bajbok, mardelj, buvara.
3. Zatvoriti, orkirati. They caught him and c a n n e d him fo r two
weeks.
4. Dupe, zadnjica. Isto ass.
5. in the can of worms U velikoj nevolji.
6. can/bag o f worms Velika nezgoda/nevolja; problematina/
zamrena stvar; osinjak. Honestly I wouldnt get involved; it's
a can o f w o rm s.
can house Javna kua, bordel.
can you beat it! Moe li to da poveruje!
cancer stick Cigareta, "kancerka.
candyman US nark. Diler, prodavac droge. Isto pusher; dealer,
cane 1. Izgrditi, kazniti. The teacher used to cane me when I
behaved badly.
2. Karati, tucati. Slino bang; belt.
3. get a caning Biti kanjen; dobiti po prstima.
canned 1. alk. Pripit, pijan.
2. be canned top. orkiran.
canned music 1. Snimljena muzika (za razliku od "ive muzike).
2.
Muzika koja se puta u liftovima, u avionu, u prodavnicama.
Isto musak ili elevator music,
canoe, paddle ones own Sam se snalaziti; u se i u svoje kljuse.
canoodle GB Milovati se, vatati se.
cans Sise, sifoni.
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car acc skra. Saobraajna nezgoda.
carboot sale Prodaja robe iz prtljanika auta. Slino jum ble sale;
garage sale .
card udak; ekscentrik; veseljak. Slino wag. Joh ns a real c a rd ;
he always m akes me laugh.
cards, get ones GB Dobiti nogu/otkaz.
cards (right), play o nes Razborito/mudro/efektno postupiti.
care a brass farthing/a damn/a fig/a m onkeys toss/a rap/a
tinkers cuss, not to Boli ga briga; ba ga zabole.
carpet 1. Ukoriti, izloiti kritici, prikucati na tapet, propisno izgrditi.
He was c a rp e te d for bad work.
2. on the carpet US Na tapetu; ukoren, izloen kritici.
carpet-bagger Politiki pustolov/prevrtljivac.
carry-on 1. Neobina aktivnost ili buno ponaanje; rabota.
Takode mno. carryings-on. There were c a rry in g s -o n in the
camp when the lights had been p u t off.
2. w hat a carry-on! Kakva zbrka/gnjavaa/petljancija.
carry the can GB Ispatati, snositi posledice.
carsey; carzey Toalet, klonja. Takode kahsi.
cart (away, etc.) Nositi, vui za sobom. The police c a rte d the
prisoners o f f to prison.
cart, in the GB U kripcu, u nevolji, u sosu.
carve up GB 1. Prevariti, izigrati.
2. Izbosti noem, iseckati. They ju s t m eant to ca rve him up,
but a razo r slipped.
carve-up Prevara.
case 1. Uvrnut tip, budala, krele, idiot. Slino card; character.
Vidi hard case.
2. US Snim iti, tipovati zgradu (s namerom da se opljaka).
Obi. case a joint. The thie f w as c a s in g the jo in t
cash cow Izvor novca, dobrotvor. But all this leaves The New
Republic Inc without a ca sh cow .
cash in Iskoristiti; unoviti. Let's ca sh in on the fine weather and
go out for the day.
cast-iron Izdrljiv, jak, nepopustljiv, neprobojan. Slino bullet-proof. She has a c a s t-iro n stom ach; she can eat any thing.
cast nasturtiums hum. Klevetati, ogovarati.
cast-offs Odbaena odea.
cat 1. Tip, pajtos, baja. This c a t arrived in London with his eighty
quid, fresh out o f the hills, from his tent.
2. to cat Tuakati, cinkariti. Slino to grass (on sb).
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4. see h o w ///w h ich w ay the cat jum ps Paziti odakle vetar
duva; ne izjasniti se dok se ne vidi razvoj (politikih) dogadaja.
5. enough to make a cat laugh Zabavno.
6. like a cat on hot bricks GB U stanju nervoze/uzbudenja.
Isto US like a cat on a hot tin roof. You're lik e a c a t o n h o t
b ric k s today. W hat's wrong?
7. let the cat o ut o f the bag Izbrbljati tajnu, izlanuti se.
8. something the cats brought in Neto to nije ni za
pokazivanje.
cat and dog life ivot u stalnoj zavadi/svadi.
cat-nap Dreme, kratak san (obi. ne u krevetu).
cats pyjam as/whiskers, the Bog bogova, ono pravo, najbolji.
catch bending Uhvatiti/iznenaditi na spavanju; uhvatiti (koga)
nespremnog.
catch it Biti kanjen, dobiti svoje. Youd be tte r hurry home. Youll
c a tc h i t from m othe r if y o u re late.
catch on 1. Postati popularan. Lots o f artists c a tc h on only after
theyre dead.
2. Shvatiti, razumeti, ukapirati. /As long as they don't ca tc h on,
we can cheat them forever.
catch on the hop Iznenadenje.
catch o nes death (of cold) Smrznuti se do kostiju.
catch som e z's Dremnuti.
catch-penny Jeftin, trivijalan, mamipara.
cauliflow er ear Izoblieno uho od udaraca (obi. kod boksera).
caution Neobian, smean ovek; neobina stvar.
cave in 1. Pasti s nogu, lipsati od umora.
2. Popustiti, klonuti. The traditional press ju s t c a v e d in and
said, actually: F*** new s!"
cavort 1. Poskakivati, dipati.
2.
vrljati (seks). He's c a v o rtin g about with a floosie.
century Novanica od 100 dolara/funti. He put a c e n tu ry on it
and lost it.
C.E.O. (skra. od Company Executive Official/Organ) Direktor.
cert GB Sigurna stvar, izvesnost. Obi. dead cert. He's a de ad
c e rt that this horse will win the race.
chaff to the bollocks Radovati se kao kue.
chance it 1. Pokuati postid na sreu, rizikovati. Isto chance
o nes arm/luck. / don't know if we can get it, but let's ch a n ce
it
2.
take a chance Reskirati, rizikovati.
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change (Sitan) novae, sia,
change o nes tune/note Promeniti pesmu; drugu pesmu pevati.
change out of sb, get no Ne uspeti izvui podatke/pom o/
korist itd. iz koga. I g o t n o ch a n g e o u t o f Paul.
channel surfing US Surfovanje po TV kanalima, menjanje TV
programa.
chap Momak, ovek, drukan. Isto fellow. This ch a p came up to
me and told me to shut m y mouth.
char GB 1. aj. Isto cha.
2. Sluavka; klozetara, istaica, baba-sera.
3. Ribati, istiti.
character 1. udak, veseljak, ekscentrik; tip. Some c h a ra c te r ju s t
walked up and stole h e r bag.
2. quite a character Interesantan, originalan ovek.
Charlie; Charley GB 1. Luckasta osoba; krele, budala, dileja.
2. a right/proper Charlie Ba budala. Isto dick (6).
3. US nark. Kokain, koka.
4. US pogrd. Vijetnamac. Its estim ated it took ten tons o f
bom bs to kill a single C harlie.
5. Homi, pea.
6. your Charlie Tvoja devojka.
7. turn Charlie Utrtiti se, ucvikovati, uzentovati.
Charlies 1. Sise, sifoni, plua.
2. Muda.
charts, in the Na top listi. Ever since Bill became a C.E.O, he's
in the c h a rts .
chase yourself, (go and) Gubi se!; brii!; tutanj!
chaser 1. Lake alkoholno pie koje se pije posle estokog pia,
ili izmedu dva estoka pia.
2.
US Onaj ko juri za suknjama, enskaro. M ark always was
a lady-killer, a cha ser.
chase the dragon 1. nark. Juriti/isterivati zmaja; puiti, tj. uvlaiti
dim gotovo uarenog praha heroina. Skra. chase. I was
c h a s in g the d ra g o n , strung out on junk.
2.
Teko orgijanje. We ch a s e d the d ra g o n all night long.
chat up GB askati; muvati (ensku).
cheap, on the GB Jeftino.
check! US U redu!; o. k.! */// say c h e c k to that! *lts time to
leave? C h eck!
check in Upisivanje pri dolasku (npr. na posao); prijaviti se,
ukucati se. You m ust c h e c k in at the airport an h o ur before
y o u r plane leaves.
check out 1. Otici' Let's ch e c k o u t o f this jo in t and find a livelier
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2. Napustiti hotel, odjaviti se (s posla, iz bolnice itd). When did
Alm endorfer ch e c k o u t o f this fleabag?
3. Umreti, izdahnuti. She c h e c k e d o u t before they reached
the hospital.
4. Biti taan (pria), poklapati se. How does this story c h e c k
o u t with the facts?
check it/this out Provali ovo!; pazi ovo!
Cheddar, hard G S ZIa srea, smola, baksuzluk, maler, peh.
cheek Drskost, bezobrazluk. Isto brass; chutzpah. She had
the infernal ch e e k to stick out h e r tongue at me.
cheeks Zadnjica, guz. I took the injection in the left cheek.
cheeky Drzak, bezobrazan. If you keep on being che eky, Ill slap
you!
cheerio!; cheero! GB 1. Zdravo!; do videnja!
2. ivelil; u zdravlje!
cheery-bye! GB Zdravo!; do videnja!
cheers! GB 1. iveo!; iveli!
2. GB Hvala!
cheese 1. Sperma, sutlija.
2. Neto zastarelo, neto pase.
cheese-cake US Fotografije na kojima su prikazane atraktivne
ene sa vrlo malo ili bez odee. Vidi beefcake,
cheese, hard! GB Zla srea!; smola!; peh, maler; baksuzluk.
cheese it! Prestani!
cheesed (off) GB Dojaditi, dosaditi, dozlogrditi. You looked
ch e e se d o f f with life; whats wrong?
cheesy Kiast, otrcan, klietiziran, jeftin. We've talked about Las
Vegas, Terry Jones told his audience in Bristol, because it
sounds so ch e e sy, but also because you can get a tot o f
m oney out o f them ."
chef it up Otii na ruak. Let's c h e f i t u p at the G rill.
chem icals nark. Hemija (sintetike droge kao to su LSD, ekstazi
itd).
cherry 1. Himen.
2. lose ones cherry Izgubiti nevinost. Vidi pop the cherry.
Cheshire cat, grin like a GB Ceriti se ko lud na brano.
chest, get (sth) off o nes Skinuti teret sa srca, otvoriti srce,
olakati se.
chestnut Otrcana ala, stari vie, stara vaka. Slino old turkey.
His speeches are always full o f old c h e s tn u ts .
chesty 1. Sisata, ima velika plua.
2. l/SArogantan. H es a c h e s ty little guy, particulary when
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chew the balls off (sb) Izribati (koga), pomeriti (kome) bulju.
chew the cud Premiljati se, mozgati.
chew the fat askati, vakati, prevakavati o emu. Slino chew
the rag. We set there drinking b e er and chew ing the fat until
it w as time to go home.
chew sth over Premiljati se, promisliti. I'll chew it o ver fo r a few
days and let you know m y opinion.
chewed up 1. Zabrinut. D on't get all chew ed up about it: every
thing will be all right.
2. Oteen, dotrajao. The transm issions all chew ed up.
chi nark. Heroin.
chick US 1. (Zgodna) ena, enska, kokica, riba, pilence, mala,
mlado meso, piletina. I like the look o f that chick.
2. Detece.
chicken 1. Kukavica, usranko. Slino sissy. F red will n e ver ask
Lucy for a date. H es a chicken.
2.
no (spring) chicken Postariji, postarija; stara koka. She
needs lots o f make-up to hide the fact that sh e s no
spring chicken.
chicken-hearted Plaljiv.
chicken feed US Neto beznaajno; mala para; sitnica; trica. Two
m illion? Thats chicken feed in this milieu.
chicken out US Ustuknuti, utrtiti se, ucvikovati. Slino have
cold feet. The senator chickened o u t and changed his vote.
chickenshit US 1. Neto beznaajno. F ifty bucks! That's ju s t
chicken shit.
2. Kukavica, usranko.
3. Bezvredan.
childs play Igrarija, deja igra. Slino plain sailing. Driving a car
is n t ch ild s p la y even when y o u ve had practise.
chill! O ladi malo! Isto chill out!
chilout muz. Jutarnje otrenjivanje posle rejv-zabave.
chin 1. GB Udariti, prikucati (koga). Hb called me a poof, so I
chinned the bastard.
2.
US askati. Slino chin-wag. W e'd like to have a little chin
with you right now.
chin-chin! GB iveli!
chin music Tra.
chin up! Glavu gore! Isto keep your chin up.
china; chiner GB Drugar.
China, not fo r all the tea in Nikako, nipoto.
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Chink; chink; Chinkey; Chinkie; Chinky 1. pogrd. Kinez, 2uti,
uta, ua.
2. Novae, sitni.
chin-wagging Brbljanje, blebetanje, askanje. Some gals love
chin-w agging over tea.
chip in 1. Upasti u red She chipped in some honeyed
reminiscences.
2. Udpiti se, priloiti novae. We each chipped in twenty bucks
and got him a new suit.
chippy 1. GB Prodavnica u kojoj se prodaje dps i riba.
2. Drvosea.
3. Kurvica. Who is she? Who is the chippie?"
chips are down, the Kritina situacija, stani-pani. When the
chips are down, you have only you rself to depend on.
chips, have (had) ones 1. Biti poraen/ubijen; umreti.
2. Imati ansu (i ne iskoristiti je).
3. US pass/cash in ones chips Umreti, odapeti, ciknuti.
chisel Varati. Every time I buy a part he chisels a buck o r two.
chiseller Varalica, prevarant. Isto chizzer.
chock-a-block Natrpan, kreat, prepun. Isto chockablock. The
plays and stories... are chockablock with figures."
choice Najbolji, izvrstan. Your new boyfriend is a choice geezer.
choke o ff GB Obeshrabriti, odbaciti, otkadti. /4 s soon as we'd
chocked Joan o ff by telling h e r it was too cold to go out, we
all went fo r a drink.
choke the gopher Drkati, bacati ga u nesvest, amarati
majmuna.
choked (-off), be GB Biti krajnje razoaran; biti ogoren/besan.
7 tell you I w as choked, really bloody choked when she told
me theyd given the contract to someone else.
chok(e)y G B zat. uza, bajbok, mardelj, buvara.
chones Muda.
chop GB 1. Otkazati. Plans fo r New Schools Chopped fo r Lack
o f Money, said the newspaper.
2. Kratak, brz udarac, pljuska.
3. get the chop Dobiti otkaz/nogu. He go t the chop for being
late.
chop-chop! Pourii; hajde-hajde!; hajde! C mon, le ts get this
place cleaned up right away. Chop-chop!
chopper 1. US Helikopter.
2. Motocikl.
3. GB Kita.
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chops Usta, eljust.
chow 1. Hrana, klopa, has. H ow s the chow at M axim s these
days?
2. pogrd. Kinez, uti, ua.
chow down Jesti, hasati. "It's alm ost 6:00. Are you ready to chow
dow n?"
chronic GB Lo, dosadan, uasan. Shes got a chronic sense o f
humour.
chubbychaser Osoba koju seksualno uzbuduju debeli ljudi.
chuck Baciti, odbaciti. Is it possible she has chucked h e r
aloofness.
chuck in/up Napustiti, ostaviti, odbaciti. Isto give the chuck-up.
chuck it! Prestani!; ostavi to!
chuck habit; chuck horrors; chucks nark. Intenzivna elja za
drogom koju narkoman nadomeuje hranom (prilikom
pokuaja odvikavanja od droge). He'd gotten the chuck
horrors: for two full days h e d eaten candy bars, sweet rolls
and straw berry malteds.
chuck it down Liti kao iz kabla. We be tte r get under cover quick
ly, it's going to chuck it down.
chuck, get the Dobiti otkaz/nogu.
chuck (one's guts) up Ispovraati se.
chuck ones hand in Napustiti (neto) kao beznadeno.
chuck one's muck Ejakulirati.
chuck ones w eight about Razmetati se, praviti se vaan.
chuck over Naglo prekinuti prijateljstvolpartnerstvo.
chuck up the sponge Baciti pekir, predati se.
chucker-out Izbaciva.
chucking-out tim e Fajront (na javnim mestima).
chucklehead Tupoglavac, bolid, dijabola, krele.
chuffed GB 1. Prezadovoljan, oduevljen (u chuffed to fuck ili
chuffed to arseholes/buggery ///chuffed pink ili
bo-chuffed). I'm well chuffed at the result.
2. dead chuffed Nezadovoljan, zlovoljan, nakuren.
chuffing GB Eufem. od fucking. That chuffing idiot has
scratched m y fave record.
chum Prisan prijatelj, pobratim, pajtos, drugar. Slino buddy,
chum up Sprijateljiti se, spajtati se.
chum p GB 1. Glupan, budala. Slino sucker.
2. Glava.
3. off ones chump Poaavio, poblesavio, flipnuo, otkinuo.
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chunky Zdepast.
churchyard cough Kaalj za grob, smrtonosan kaalj.
cig(gy); Ciggie; cigga Cigareta, pljuga, pljugijana.
cinch, a 1. Siguma stvar, izvesnost. Slino sure thing. It's a
cinch that that horse will win the race.
2. Neto veoma lako, maji kaalj. Slino breeze; piece of
cake. *Going up is a bother, com ing dow ns a cinch. *My
exam ination was a cinch; I ll pass easily.
cissy GB Seka-persa, enskast mukarac, pikica.
city slicker Gradska faca, gradski gluvaro, gradska muvara.
civvies voj. Gradanska odea.
civvy street voj. Gradanski ivot. I'll be glad to get back to civvy
street, " said the soldier.
CK Sling G B nark. Kombinacija kokaina i ketamina.
clagnuts Skoreni ostaci izmeta na dlakama oko mara,
tarzanii. Isto cling-ons; clinkers,
clam US Tiha i tajanstvena (pouzdana) osoba.
clam up Ne progovarati, usta ne otvarati, zatvoriti se u sebe. She
dam m ed up whenever I mentioned h e r husband.
clanger 1. Omaka, zabluda, gaf.
2. drop a clanger Lupiti i ostati iv, napraviti gaf. Its ju s t like
you to drop a danger in front o f the president by calling he r
sir"!
clap Kapavac, triper, gonoreja.
clap eyes on GB Opaziti, ugledati, videti, spaziti. It's been m any
years since I dapped eyes on him.
clapped o u tG B 1. Iscrpljen, istroen. I feel really dapped-out
tonight after working all day.
2. Izakan, istroen (stvar). She bought a dapped-out car.
clappers 1. Muda. D o n t le t me h e ar you m aking another report
like that again o r I ll have yo u r dappers for a necktie.
2.
like the (merry) clappers GB Vrlo brzo, energino. I've got
to work like the dappers this morning.
claptrap uplje fraze, prazna slama, fraziranje, besmislica. Slino
bullshit,
class 1. Klasa, visok nivo.
2.
Stil, mek. Lady D. had real class, she was one classy lady.
classy Prvoklasan, elegantan.
claw back Povratiti (obi. novae).
clean 1. Cist; ne poseduje drogu, oruje ili neku drugu protivzakonitu robu. You can't arrest m e officer, I'm d ean !
2. keep it clean Odrati u redu.
3. com e clean Sve priznati. Why doesn't the governm ent
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clean as a w histle 1. ist kao svirala, apsolutno ist; nema
putera na glavi. Not one single US dem ocrat o r republican
senator is as dean as a whistle.
2. nark. Ne "radi se vise ne drogira se vise.
3. alk. Nije na buzu, ne pije Wse'alkohol.
clean o u tO g u liti, operuati (koga). I g ot cleaned out playing
cards.
clean up 1. Mnogo za ra d it i/p rof it i rat i; namlatiti lovu, zgrnuti
bogatstvo. Slino make a killing. He cleaned up playing
cards.
2.
nark. Skinuti se s droge. Yet last ye a r M ichael Clark was
not only back to London, having cleaned him self up, but also
being funded by the Arts Council to make a new work."
cleanup Temeljno ienje/sreivanje. The M ayor vovwed a
definitive cleanup o f the Times Square area.
clean up ones act/shit Urazumiti se. Slino straigten up and
fly right. I told the kid to dean up his a c t o r leave.
clean round the bend Poblesavio, flipnuo.
cleaned out Bez kinte, dekintiran, vorc. Slino broke; tapped
out. Georgie was cleaned o ut after the third race.
clear, in the 1. Slobodan od sumnje, ist, nema dokaza protiv
njega.
2. Na sigurnom. The police have gone so w ere in the dear.
3. Ne duguje vise. I'll be in the d ear after I g et paid.
clear o ff/out Izgubiti se, nestati, zbrisati, otii. Slino hit the road,
clear the decks Pripremiti se za akciju.
clear up nark. Skinuti se s droge.
clem GB Izgladneti.
clever clogs GB Pametnjakovi, mudroser. Isto clever
boots/Dick. The exhibition has all the hallm arks o f a rushed
and illconsidered job, knocked together b y a dever-dogs
rathe r than an art historian."
cling-ons Skoreni ostaci izmeta na dlakama oko mara,
tarzanii. Isto clagnuts; clinkers,
click 1. Imati uspeha/sree. If I can dick with a wholesalers I
should be ready to open up in about 3 weeks.
2. Kliknuti, sinuti, upaliti se sijalica. Som ething clicked and I
knew what I had to do next.
3. US Slagati se s kim, razumeti se.
cliffhanger Napeta, neizvesna epizoda/pripovest/situacija/film /
knjiga itd. The election was a cliffhanger, right through the
recount.
cling/stick like shit to a shovel Prikaiti se (kome/emu),
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clink, the zat. Mardelj, bajbok, uza. Siino the slammer. You'll
end up in dink.
clinkers Skoreni ostaci izmeta na dlakama oko mara, tarzanii.
Isto cling-ons, clagnuts.
clip 1. GB Udariti, opaliti (amar). Obi. clip sbs ear.
2. US Prevariti, opeljeiti, orobiti.
cloak and dagger Tajanstven, u vezi s avanturama, misterijom i
pijunaom. I like to read a good cioak-and dagger story.
clobber GB 1. Odea, "krpe". I like y o u r new clobber.
2. Ono to se ima; bilo koji skup predmeta; oprema. Ill ju s t get
m y clobber, then I ll be ready to go.
3. Udariti, pripaliti, klepiti.
4. Poraziti; zaustaviti (oblc. da bi se kaznio). Slino murder;
w ipe out. * Rom m el got clobbered at E l Alamein. *She was
clobbered fo r speeding.
5. get a clobbering Potpuno poraziti, potui do nogu.
clock 1. Zabeleiti vreme.
2. Potroiti (odredenu koliinu vremena). The winner docked
seven minutes.
3. GB Udariti, pripaliti, zavaliti (kome). He finally lost his
tem per and docked him one.
4. GB Lice, faca.
5. GB Taksimetar. Isto ticker; kettle; hickory; Mary Ann.
6. Spaziti, videti. "Did you dock that geezer with the green
h a ir behind the b a r ?"
clod Moron, mentol, krele, dijabola.
clod-hopper 1. Nezgrapan tip/ovek, seljaina.
2.
GB Policajac.
clodhopping Nezgrapan, nespretan.
clog GB Udariti, pripaliti, odalamiti, mlatnuti.
close call/shave/thing (Biti) upavo, gusto,
close up Oznaka za krupan kadar genitalija u porno film ovima i
na fotografijama.
closer Onaj ko uspeno sklapa poslove; sposoban prodavac
nekretnina. P ut that coffee down. Coffees for closers only.
closet 1. Tajni, potajni, prikriveni.
2. in the closet g. Jo krije (svoju homoseksualnost). Arnold
Bennet has been charged with being in the c lo s e t...
3. out o f the closet g. Obznanio svoju homoseksualnost. If
y o u re o u t o f the closet, y o u re out o f the arm ed service.
clot GB Glupan, budala, krele. The m a n s a bigg er cfotthan I
took him for.
cloth-ears Nagluva osoba, gluva. Odatle have cloth ears Sedeti
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clothes-line, be able to sleep on a Biti umoran k'o pas.
clout Klepiti, pripaliti, odalamiti. Slino bash. M y old man would
have clouted the hell out o f me.
club, in the (pudding) Trudna, u drugom stanju.
cluck, dum b US Budala, glupan, tikvan, idiot, krele, moron. You
dum b duck, why on earth did you leave the gas on!?
clue, not have a Nemati pojma, nemati blage veze (o emu).
clue up Obavestiti, informisati, uputiti (u). Slino p u t(s b ) in the
picture.
clued-up Informisan, obaveten, upuen u.
clueless Neobaveten, nije u toku, ne zna ta je in. Obi. tota
lly clueless. Pogot. clueless type. That still le ft me clueless
about the appropriate reaction to have to m y m ixed assortm ent
o f lilies and orchids and irises.
clumping Nespretan.
clunker 1. Bilo ta inferiorno. Slino lemon; turkey.
2. Kr, krntija, starudija. Isto clunk; jalopy.
3. eprtlja. Isto duffer; hacker,
clunkhead Krele, dileja, dijabola.
clunky Nezgrapan. Isto clunkish. / don't like dunky shoes o r
heavy soles.
cluts Nespretan, trapav, trapadoza, tupson.
coast is clear, the Nema opasnosti, vazduh je ist.
cobble Krpariti, sklepati.
cobs off, knock Lako poraziti; iscrpeti. The Jets knocked the
cobs o ff the Giants in the playoffs.
cobblers GB 1. Muda.
2. Glupost, budalatina. Odatle a load o f cobblers Gomila
gluposti. He is dism issive about awards: A load o f cobblers.
cobblers! GB Malo morgen!; muda Marjanova!
cock 1. Kita, kurac. Isto prick.
2. Glupost, budalatina. Isto a load o f cock Gomila gluposti.
3. GB old cock(-sparrow) Stari drugar. H ow goes it, old
cock?
4. all to cock Zbunjen.
cock a snook/snoot GB Rugati se.
cock (sth) up Zeznuti, pokvariti, zasrati, sjebati. He tried to do it
himself, but he cocked it up.
cock-sucker Kurcolizac, drkadija, pederina, sisa, pizda, smrad.
Slino (cock-sucking) bastard; prick. Oh, Sid, you fucking
cock-sucker... You nailed me again.
cock-tease(r) Navlakaa, loaica, koketa, flertua. Isto
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cock-up GB Gruba pogreka, omaka, zabluda, zajeb. M ercifully
these cock-ups d ont happen too often.
cockeyed look Poprek/mrk pogled.
cod GB 1. Glupost, budalaitina. Isto cods; cods. If you think it's
all a load o f c o d s why the hell waste a pound.
2. Praviti (koga) budalom, zezati. "Stop codding me and tell
me the truth."
cods GB Muda. "He got kicked in the cods fo r his efforts.
codswallop GB Krajnja glupost, budalatina. Equal
opportunities? That's a load o f old codsw allop!
coffin-nail 1. US Cigareta. Slino butt.
2. nail ones coffin Zapeatiti iju sudbinu. Election rules
would cem ent the effects o f ethnic cleansing and n ail down
the coffin o f a m ulti-ethnic Bosnia.
coin it (in) Namlatiti pare. "He's coining it now he's opened a
shop on the high street."
cojones Muda, petlja, hrabrost. Slino balls,
coke 1. Koka-kola.
2. nark. Kokain, koka. Odatle cokey Kokainoman. H e'd done
coke, acid, crack, and speed.
coked up nark. Intoksiniran kokainom.
coldcock Udariti i onesvestiti (koga). Isto knock sb out.
cold chillin US Sjajan provod.
cold day in hell Na sveti nikad. it'll be a cold d ay in hell when
you catch me taking dope.
cold-deck Varati.
cold feet 1. Kukaviluk.
2. get/have cold feet Utrtiti se, ucvikovati, utronjati se.
cold storage 1. zat. elija, ladara, hladovina.
2. in cold storage Na ledu, odloeno do daljnjeg.
cold turkey 1. nark. Skidanje na suvo (naglo odvikavanje od
droge).
2. nark, go cold turkey Krizirati.
2. leave sb cold turkey Naglo ostaviti partnera.
collywobbles GB Bol/gr u elucu (usled nervoze ili straha).
colour o f ones money, not see the Nee videti mojih novaca.
colour up Pocrveneti.
com e 1. Svriti, doiveti orgazam. Isto cum; com e off. God, I
thought she'd ne ver cum.
2.
Sperma, svr, sutlija.
com e a cropper 1. Pasti (na dupe).
2. Doiveti potpuni neuspeh, fijasko. We bachelors welcome
competition from m arried men. We so much enjoy watching
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com e across 1. Natrati (na koga); sluajno sresti; naleteti. I've
ju s t com e across a beautiful poem in this book.
2. Ostaviti utisak. He com es across very badly on TV.
3. Pristati na seks (samo za ene). Diana came across
without much fuss.
com e again! Ponovi jo jednom ono to si rekao. Come again?
D id I h e ar what I hope I didnt?
com e clean Sve priznati; propevati (u policiji). I'll com e dean,
as they say, I d be tte r do it at once, o r theyll think I know more
than I do.
com e good Uspeti; obogatiti se.
com e it (with/over) GB Biti bezobrazan. D o nt com e it with me
you cheeky little bleeder o r I'll give you a clip round the ear.
com e it a bit (too) strong GB Preterivati. It would be com ing it a
b it too strong if I said I hated m y sister, but it's true I dislike
her.
com e off 1. Svriti, doiveti orgazam.
2. Uspeti. To everybodys astonishment, the scheme came
off.
com e o ff it! Hajde, hajde!; ne oekuje valjda da ti poverujem!;
o ladi!; skini mi se!; ne preteruj!
com e off o nes perch Sii sa oblaka, spustiti se na zemlju,
umerenije nastupati. Isto get off o nes high horse,
come-on 1. Navlaenje, muvanje. / gave h e r a big grin, but she
knew it w as a come-on.
2. Nabacivanje. He com es-on to me each time I see him.
com e ones fat 1. Svriti, ejakulirati.
2. lop. Propevati (policiji).
com e out g. Javno otkriti svoju homoseksualnost. Isto com e out
o f the closet. Their eldest son had come out.
com e out of the ark Star ko biblija.
com e over Spopasti. A feeling o f faintness and sickness came
o ver me, so I had to lie down.
come the (old) acid 1. Preterivati, biti neprijatan, razmetati se
svojim autoritetom.
2. Prebacivati odgovornostna drugog.
3. Biti otrovan, sarkastian.
come the old soldier Razmetati se iskustvom.
come to a sticky end 1. Biti ubijen.
2. Izdrkati.
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com e to think o f it Kad bolje o tome razmislim.
com e undone/unstuck/unput Propasti, raspasti se.
come up smiling 1. Prihvatiti poraz sa osmehom.
2. isplivati iz govana.
com euppance, get o nes Dolijati. Isto come-uppings.
com fy Udobno, ugodno.
com ic(s) 1. Strip.
2.
Komiar (glumac).
coming or going, not to know if one is Biti zbunjen. ...by the
end o f the day you don't know whether y o u re on yo u r arse o r
yo u r elbow, you d o n t k n o w w h e th e r y o u re c o m in g o r
g o in g .
com m ie III com m y US Komunjara. You're all a bunch o f New
York left-wing Jewish intellectual c o m m ie pinkos...
con 1. Prevariti, nasamariti, izigrati. A crazy au-pair girl planned
to c o n super-star Eric Clapton out o f a fortune by claiming
another couples baby was THEIR love child.
2. Varalica, prevarant.
3. zat. Osudenik, zatvorenik. ...after a c o n was shot in the
head by the guard.
4. con gam e Prevara.
5. con m an/artist Prevarant, varalica. D irector Terry Z w igoff
is in negotiations to direct film Bad Santa, about c o n m e n who
m asquerade as Santa and an e lf to rob shopping m alls..."
conchie; conchy Osoba koja se (po savesti i uverenju) protivi
vojnoj obavezi.
confab ili conflab Razgovarati, askati, raspravljati, diskutovati.
Lets c o n fa b a bit about that idea.
conk 1. Njonja, nosina, surla, puka. Ooh, sir, thats a big
c o n k you've go t.
2. Glava, lice.
conked-out (Po)kvaren, u loem stanju. The engine c o n k e d right
out.
continuity man/girl Osoba koja na snimanju filma vodi rauna da
je haljina, scenografija itd. ista iz scene u scenu.
contraption udna naprava/spravica; tehnika novotarija. I don't
understand how this c o n tra p tio n works.
cook Falsifikovati, lairati, frizirati. The British governm ent
c o o k e d press stories sham elessly in order to deceive the
Argentine enemy.
cook the books Frizirati raune. The m anagers had c o o k e d the
b o o k s to the tune o f $34 million.
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cooked 1. Uniten, upropaen, ruiniran. A fte rth e fourth tumble
they were cooked.
2. alk. Pijan, nakresan.
cookie 1. Kolai, keks.
2. thats the w ay the cookie crum bles Tako ti je to (u ivotu);
takav (ti) je ivot.
3. see which w ay the cookie crum bles Videti ta se deava,
videti u kom se pravcu stvar razvija.
4. enske genitalije. Takode cookies,
cooking Deavanje, zbivanje, rabota.
cool 1. Kul, super, do jaja. I love rap music. Its so cool!
2. Miran, pribran. Learn to be co o lu n d e rfire .
3. U trendu, in.
4. blow/lose ones cool Ne uspeti ostati miran, planuti; pui
kome film. Suprotno keep o nes cool.
5. play it cool Ostati miran.
6. US lop. Ubiti, ucmekati. Slino ice. He w asnt killed in any
private fight... He was cooled b y a Chinese agent.
cool cat 1. muz. Dez fan.
2. Sjajan tip, kuler.
cool it Smiriti se, kulirati, oladiti. Slino cool out. "There's no
need to be so upset. Just cool it!"
cooler zat. Zatvorska elija, ledara, kulana, friider, bajbokana.
coon pogrd. Crnja, amuga, ama.
coot 1. Glupak, dileja, krele.
2. Vidi bald as a coot,
cop 1. GB lop. Uhvatiti, orkirati. M othe r copped me stealing
cakes from the kitchen and beat m e severely.
2. lop. Pandur, pajkan, pub, murkan, kljun, murija, andar.
3. lop. Ukrasti, maznuti, gepiti, lapiti. He copped six PCs from
the shop.
4. GB not much cop Beznaajan, od male vrednosti, nikakav. I wish w e'd not come to this dance, it s n o t m uch cop.
cop a packet Biti teko ranjen.
cop/buy it GB Dobiti svoje; poginuti; umreti. He had a feeling he
wouldnt cop it that day.
cop out Napustiti, povui se, ostaviti (na cedilu). Obi. cop out of
Ostaviti (na cedilu); dii ruke; napustiti ideale. When his friends
really needed help he copped out.
cop-out Izdaja principa. The cop-out ending (of Last Tango in
ParisJ was only the final lump in the story line.
copper 1. GB lop. Pandur, pajkan, aca, kljun.
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coppers nark G BIop. Dounik, cinkaro, taster, drukara.
copper-nob Ridokosi.
copy-cat Imitator, podraavalac, kopirant. Hundreds o f police
swooped on a suburban house in western Japan yesterday to
arrest the couple, who are also linked to a fatal m ass
poisoning incident that has sparked a nationwide wave o f
copycat crimes.
cor (lum m e/stone the crows)! GB Uzvik iznenaenja/gnuanja.
Slino cor blimey!
cork up! GB Zaepi!
corked GB 1. (za vino) Pokvareno zbog falinog epa.
2. alk. Pijan, naliven.
corker Strava stvar/osoba; neto super, prvoklasno; prva liga.
Have you read his latest book, it s a real corker.
corking Prvoklasan, velianstven, kolosalan, sjajan, izvrstan. a
corking party.
corn 1. Otrcan, banalan, srceparajui, staromodan, trivijalan (film,
knjiga itd). His ethical sincerity verges on com .
2. earn ones corn Sam sebe prehranjivati, zaraditi za leba.
corny Otrcan, banalan; patetian, sentim entalan, sladunjav,
trivijalan. He uses a corny ethos to get him self elected.
corporation Trbuina, meina.
corpse GB 1. G af na pozornici.
2. Zbuniti partnera na pozornici zaboravivi svoj tekst.
cosh GB 1. Pendrek.
2. Ispendreiti.
3. under the cosh U ijim akama, bespomoan.
c o s ta bom b/packet Biti papreno (skupo), kotati ko davo/ko
svetog Petra kajgana. G od knows where they get the m oney that car m ust've cost a bomb.
cotton to US Slagati se (s planom, idejom itd.); simpatisati se,
mirisati se. We ju s t didnt cotton to one another.
couch potato US Lenja, dokona osoba (koja obino non-stop
gleda televiziju), TV manijak. They are not couch potatoes.
They are mobile, they go out.
cough GB Sve priznati, iskaljati. If you don't start coughing
K eiths going to drive us around all n igh t.
cough up GB 1. Ispljunuti (lovu); izneti pare na sunce. *W henll
you cough up the rent? *1 saw you taking those pens. Cough
them up.
2.
Propevati, priznati.
county GB Koji pripada vlasteli.
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cove GB Momak, drukan, klipan.
cover o nes ass/tail Zatititi se; pokriti svoje dupe. The first rule
in politics is to co ver y o u r ass.
cover (up) fo r one Pokriti koga; pomoi kome prikrivajui njegove
greke. I ll co ver fo r you if y o u re caught.
cow -juice Mleko.
cow ard(l)y custard Kukavica.
cow boy killer Cigarete marke m arlboro.
crack 1. Duhovita/zajedljiva primedba. Slino wisecrack. One
more crack like that and I m going to sock yo u ."
2. Izvrstan, prvorazredan, majstorski. a crack team.
3. Poslednja vest, poslednji tra. W hats the lattest crack?
4. Reiti (problem). They will ne ver crack the problem o f
nuclear fusion.
5. US nark. Krek, vrsta sintetike droge koja se pui. Cracks
low price and quick pa yoff m akes it especially alluring to
teenagers."
6. Pika. Slino cunt. I think she wants som ething in h e r
crack.
7. Pokuaj. Slino shot. It looks impossible, but I ll take a
crack at it.
8. have a crack Pokuati uiniti (neto teko).
crack a bottle Popiti bocu vina.
crack down on Oboriti se na, obruiti se na. Slino clamp down.
Cops will crack down on drunk drivers.
crack-head nark. Korisnik droge krek.
crack-pot 1. udak, ekscentrik, ludak.
2.
Cudan, ekscentrian, lud (ideja, plan itd). "I'm not going
along with Suzanne's crackpot ideas."
crack sb up Zasm ejavati koga.
crack unit voj. Elitna jedinica.
crack up 1. Pui, izgubiti duevnu ravnoteu; slomiti se. A fte r
six m onths o f that it's a wonder she didn't crack.
2.
Prasnuti u smeh; umreti od smeha. Robin W illiams always
cracks me up.
crack up to be, (not w hat it is) Nije tako (dobar) kao to se
veruje/misli/pria. This in n s not all it s cracked up to be. The
b e ers bad and the service unfriendly.
cracked Blesav, lud, uvrnut. You're cracked if you think I'll stay
now.
cracker GB Izvanredna osoba/stvar.
crackers GB 1. Lud, luckast, blesav, uvrnut. Isto cracked. You
m ust wed me, fo r I m crackers over you.
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cracking GB 1. Veoma. I'm sure you'll like h e r - she really is a
cracking good sort.
2. Izvrstan, izvanredan, prvoklasan. They gave a cracking
perform ance last nigh t."
3. get cracking/weaving Prionuti (na posao). Come on boys,
g et cracking!
cracksm an Provalnik, obija sefova.
cradle-snatcher, -robber Osoba koja voli mlade (seksualne)
partnere; bebojebac. Isto baby-snatcher,
cram 1. Bubanje.
2. Bubati. "Sidney did well on the test because he cram m ed
for it. However, he probably won't rem em ber any o f the
information a couple o f days from now ."
3. Bubant (onaj ko sprema drugog za ispit kljukanjem gradiva).
cram m er Bubalica.
cram p ones style Potkresati kome krila; sputati koga; smetati
kome da se razmahne; kvariti kome izglede/anse. H e'd be
succesful with girls, but the nerds he hangs around with
cram p his style.
crank Kita, kara.
crank (up) nark. Roknuti se. If... I continue to crankl will be
dead within 18 m onths.
crap 1. Sranje, glupost, nebuloza. Isto shit. Stop talking crap and
get serious!
2. Neto bezvredno. Send this crap back. I w ont p a y fo r it!
3. Kenjati, srati. Takode have a crap. W here's the bathroom,
I have to crap.
4. full of crap Pun lai/govana, mnogo sere. Isto full o f shit.
John is full o f crap. D o n t follow his advice, whatever you do.
crash 1. Provaliti, ui nasilno. Hoovers men crashed D o cs
apartment.
2. Provaliti i opljakati. Slino crack.
3. ra. Pui sistem (kompjuter). The spacecrafts No 1
computer... crashed o r shut down.
4. Prenoiti kod nekog (obino bez poziva). I heard about this
place and hoped I could crash here for a day o r two.
5. nark., alk. Obeznaniti se (od droge ili alkohola).
6. nark. Sputanje sa LSD-a; depresija, oseanje praznine.
Isto letdown. The crash from coke... is grim.
7. Pozajmiti. "Can I crash a cigarette o ff you?"
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crash course Skraeni kurs. Tom's com pany is sending him to a
business m eeting in Istanbul. - Should he take a crash course
in Turkish?"
crash out 1. zat. Pobei iz zatvora.
2. Pasti u nesvest (usled intoksikacije ili iscrpljenosti)
crashing bore Guitelj, dave, dosada, smor, smara.
crate Kr, krntija, starudija (auto, autobus, avion itd).
crawl 1. Gmizati (pred kim), ulagivati se.
2. Tucati, povaliti. He craw led h e r once o r twice.
craw ler Gmizavac, uvlaka(); krele.
crazy 1. Super, fenomenalan, krvav. Slino cool.
2. (sa about/over/for) Zaluden (za). Slino nuts about,
crease (with) Zabaviti do krajnosti; zasmejati do suza. That joke
really creased me (with laughter)!
credit(s) Popis imena glumaca, reisera, producenta itd; odjavna
TV ili filmska pica.
creep Gmizati (pred kim), ulagivati se.
creep(er) Gmizavac; odvratna osoba, slepac. Slino crud; jerk;
nerd.
creeps, the Groza, trnci. H orror film s give me the creeps.
crib 1. Tekst kojim se daci kriom slue, pukica.
2. Prepisivati (na ispitu itd). Odatle c rib b e rO n a j ko prepisuje.
He cribbed on the econ exam and got caught.
3. US Bar na loem glasu; javna kua.
cricket, not Nepoten, nesportski, nefer, sumnjiv. Som ething n o t
quite cricket happened.
crispy US Mamuran. He's feeling crispy this m orning after last
nights bash.
croak 1. Otegnuti papke, odapeti, umreti. He croaked before he
could tell us anything useful.
2. lop. Ubiti, ucmekati. The guy threatened to croak his
business partner."
crock 1. Starkelja; ruina.
2. GB old crock Krntija, starudija (auto).
3. Tresnuti, mlatnuti, odalamiti. Slino clobber; clock,
crock of shit Gomila gluposti, budalatina, stvar bez vrednosti.
*Charging 70 dollars p e r h o ur for this camera is a crock o f
shit. *"Why not buy a new car? Yours is ancient, it's a crock
o f shit."
crocked 1. US alk. Pijan, naliven.
2. US Ljut.
3. GB Oteen; povreden.
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crony 1. Stari prisni prijatelj, pajta, pajtos, pajt.
2. GB Pokvarenjak, kvarnjak, muak. Odatle cronyism Pokvarenjatvo, mutni poslovi; davanje poloaja u vladi prijateljima
koji za to nemaju potrebne kvalifikacije. M r B lair should tackle
the culture o f cronyism, not protect his cronies, who are
feather-bedding, pocket-lining, m oney-grabbing cronies, M r
Hague said during Prime M inisters Q uestions on July 8.
crook Varalica, prevarant, pokvarenjak, lopov.
crooked Nepoten, kvaran, prevarantski.
croon Tiho pevuckati, pevuiti. A t seventeen she becam e a pop
sta r with As Tears Go By, crooned in a wheaty voice that
seem ed to tip with the w ind."
crooner Peva lagera, zapevalo. W hat do a pop star, a night
club crooner, a plastic surgeon, a law yer and a provincial doc
tor have in com mon? In Greece, all have been publicly outed
by the taxman fo r flagrantly dodging their dues.
cropper Veliki neuspeh. Vidi com e a cropper,
cross (as two sticks) Krajnje zlovoljan, loe volje, nakuren,
nadrkan.
cross-patch Mrgud, namor.
crown Udariti (u glavu), pripaliti. If she finds out she'll crown me.
crum b (it) US Pokvariti. You crum bed the p la y.
crum (b) the deal Pokvariti plan/dogovor. Isto louse up.
crum m y Loeg kvaliteta, nekvalitetan, bezvredan, lo. This
crum m y razo r doesnt work.
crum pet GB Seksualno poeljna osoba. "The club was bursting
its walls with crum pet."
crunch Odsudan test, kritina situacija. esto when it comes to
the crunch... Kad nastupi odsudan as. A crunch is chara
cterized by a skyrocketing o f interest rates and a choking o ff o f
the availability o f credit.
crush 1. US Udvaranje, flert.
2. Simpatija. Then one evening, at a party, I m et up with m y
teenage crush.
3. have a crush on Biti lud za (kim); zacopan, zatreskan. She
had a schoolgirl crush on h e r m aths teacher.
cry all the w ay to the bank GB Napraviti mnogo novca uprkos
kritici.
cry baby Plaljivko, plaipika.
cuckoo 1. Budala, dileja, udak. Slino nutty.
2.
go coo-coo Poludeti, poblesaviti.
cuff US Staviti (kome) lisice. C u ff this asshole, read him his
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cuff o nes m eat Drkati, bacati ga u nesvest, amarati majmuna.
cufuffle GB (Nepotrebna) zbrka, panika, konfuzija, frka. Isto
kerfuffle; gefuffle.
culture vulture Kulturni napaljenko. When m y paintings are on
show, I ne ver go to the gallery, I cant stand listening to the
c u ltu re v u ltu re s .
cunt 1. Pika, pizda (enske genitalije).
2. Drkadija, pederina, pizda. Takode i nain obraanja. you
silly cu n t.
3. Pika, pizda (ena). Why didnt he spin o ff this stupid
c u n t?
4. Snoaj.
cuntface; cunthead Pika od oveka, piketina.
cunt-faced alk. Pijan ko zver.
cunt-struck Papui. Isto pussy-whipped; hen-pecked,
cuppa GB olja aja/kafe.
curates egg, like the Malo dobro, malo loe; delimino dobro.
Obi. good in parts, like the curates egg.
curse, not worth a Bezvredno, nije vredno ni piljiva boba.
curtains Svretak (ivota), smrt, propast. It looked like c u rta in s
fo r Ezra then and there.
cushy; cushie GB Lagan, lagodan, udoban (npr. posao).
cushdi; cushty GB Sjajno, bajno, izvanredno.
cuss 1. Proklinjati.
2. eljade, ovo, klipan, stvor. Slino guy.
cussed Proklet.
cussedness 1. Opakost, pokvarenost.
2. Svojeglavost.
custom er 1. Tip.
2. cool custom er Pribran/hladnokrvan/trezven tip.
3. ugly custom er Nezgodan/gadan tip.
cut 1. Ignorisati. Next time I see him Ill c u t him.
2. alk. Pijan. Takode half-cut.
cut a beef aliti se. Slino beef; bitch,
cut a dash Skrenuti panju na sebe, ostaviti (sjajan) utisak,
zaseniti.
cut/crack a deal Ugovoriti, uglaviti (posao).
cut a fart Prdnuti. Isto cut/blow one; let o ut an S. B. D.
cut a figure Ostaviti (sjajan) utisak, zaseniti; biti faca. I c u t quite a
fig u re in this town, but nowhere else.
cut a long story short Skratiti (priu); red ukratko. Takode
cut it short,
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cut and run Pobei, odjuriti, uhvatiti maglu. If you h e ar a whistle,
c u t a n d ru n at once.
cut ass Otii, odvui dupe. Isto drag/haul ass.
cut cold/dead Prod kao pored turskog groblja. I saw Jean in town
today but she c u t me cold.
cut-back Smanjenje, umanjenje, kresanje (fondova, budeta).
cut it/that o ut Prekinuti.
cut sth short Skratiti (priu).
cut no ice Nemati dejstva/uinka; ne drati vodu.
cut o f o nes jib, by the Na osnovu spoljanjeg utiska/izgleda.
cut o ff a slice Umoiti (seks).
cut off the joint, a Povaliti; privesti (ribu).
cut one anothers throats Hvatati se za guu (konkurencija).
cut ones own throat Sam sebi tetiti, raditi u korist sopstvene
tete.
cut oneself off at the knees Pucati sebi u noge, sam sebi tetiti.
cut out for, be Biti stvoren, roden za (to). He is n ot c u t o u t f o r
the job.
cut the cackle! Skrati jezik!; dosta price! je zik za zube!
cut the cackle and com e to the oses/horses Predi na stvar.
cut the cheese US Prdnuti.
cut the crap US Prestani da lae; ne priaj vie gluposti; dosta
(bre) vie; ne glumi ludilo; ne seri.
cut the deal Nagoditi se.
cut the mouth Umuknuti, uutati.
cut the mustard Dobro odraditi posao.
cut the rug (Za)plesati.
cut-throat 1. Veoma snien (npr. cena). The goods are at c u t
th ro a t prices.
2. cut-throath competition Bezobzirna, surova borba/
konkurencija.
cut to the chase US Pred na stvar.
cut up nasty/ugly/rough Razbesneti se, postati vrlo nezgodan/
neugodan/opasan.
cutie; cutey; cuty 1. Lutkica, privlana devojka, medenjak,
bombona, slatki.
2. Prepredenjak. Watch out for that dum b-looking one, h e s a
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dab(-hand) GB Osoba spretne ruke, ekspert, majstor. "He's a dab
hand at program m ing and web design."
dabs GB Otisci prstiju. We m anaged to lift some dabs from the
wine glasses.
dad; daddio Tata, tatica, aa.
daddy o f them all Najbolji od svih, tata-mata.
daft as a brush GB Glup ko no.
dag Neprijatna osoba.
dago US 1. Italijansko/pansko dubre (pogrdan naziv za panca,
Portugalca, Italijana, Latinoamerikanca u SAD). Isto beaner.
2. pogrd. Italijan, abar.
daily mail; daily GB 1. Zadnjica. He fell on his D aily Mail.
2. Seksualna aktivnost. Have you been getting any daily
lately?"
daisy 1. Perfektna stvar; sjajan ovek. Isto dilly; honey. M y new
cars a daisy.
2. g. Dejzi, peder, pea. Isto pansy.
3. Slabi, kukavica, mokljan. Isto sissy; wimp,
daisy chain Grupni seks, grupnjak.
dam, be on the (za policajce) Biti u nevolji.
dam age Troak; raun, cena. W hats the dam age for the meal,
without the drinks?
dame US ena, enska, devojka. Slino broad; doll,
damn 1. not worth a damn Ne vredi ni piljiva boba.
2.
not care/give a (tuppenny) damn Biti ba briga. I don't
give a damn about politics.
damn all Apsolutno nita. H es the m ost ungenerous person I
know; y o u ll get damn all out o f him.
damn it! Do davola! Isto dammit! Oh, damn it! I'm late!
damn it/dam mit, as near as Veoma blizu. He came as n e ar as
dam m it to scoring.
dam n(ed) well Veoma dobro. You know dam ned well what I'm
talking about.
damned Proklet, davolski. This dam ned old car is a pain in the
ass!
dander GB 1. Gnev, srdba.
2. get ones dander/Irish up Razljutiti se, pobesneti. Slino
blow o nes top. They g o t their dander up and decided to
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dandify GB Kicoki obui, upicaniti.

dandy Dasa; fin, lep, zgodan ovek; sjajna stvar. You sholud get
one, it's a dandy.
dang Kita, kara. Isto dong,
dangler Kita, kara. Odatle danglers Muda.
dark US Super, izvanredan, m rak.
darn(ed) GB Eufem. od damn(ed).
dash 1. Pokuaj.
2. have a dash Pokuati.
dash it (all)! GB Do davola!
dash off/out Odjuriti, odmagliti, utei. The thie f dashed o ff with
h e r hand-bag.
dashed GB Eufem. od damned.
day the eagle shits voj. Dan kada vojnici u amerikoj armiji
primaju platu.
daylight robbery Preterano skupo, prava pljaka.
daylights out of, knock/beat the (living) Nadvladati; poraziti;
potui;
dead 1. Prazan (aa, boca itd).
2. Krajnje; veoma; mnogo; apsolutno. *Don't be dead stupid.
* "Our holiday was dead go od ."
dead-ass 1. Glup, beskoristan. W hat a dead-ass idea that was!
2. Mrcina, neko beznaajan/beskoristan. Takode i nain
obraanja. *G ef out, you dead-ass! *Hey, dead-ass, w hats
new?
3. Potpuno; totalno; sto posto. Youre dead-ass wrong when
you say I got nothing to go on.
deadbeat 1. Lenjivac, mrcina, crkotina.
2. Propalica, propalitet, bitanga, nitarija, olo.
3. Parazit, grebator.
4. Neplatia, dunik. In therapy, Tony rem em bers his first child
hood panic attack, which came after witnessing his father cut
o ff a deadbeat buchers pinkie...
5. Siromana osoba, beskunik; skitnica.
6. Potpuno iscrpljen, izmoren; istroen, baldisao. M y p o o r ass
is draggin and I m dead beat.
deadbeating iveti na tudi raun; besposliiti. Living o ff interest is
not exactly deadbeating.
dead duck/pigeon US Propala stvar; beskorisna osoba. Once a
chaps proved innocent... he's a dead duck to the Press.
dead from the neck up(wards) Glup k'o uskija, neiteligentan.
Isto klutzy.
deadhead 1. Parazit; glupak. Slino klutz; dead-beat.
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dead horse/letter Mrtvo slovo na papiru; zastarela stvar, neto

pase . I m afraid free love is a dead letter these days.
dead loss Nenadoknadiv gubitak.
Dead M ans Hand kock. Par keeva i osmica. Wild Bill Hickok
was shot in 1876 while playing poker. His hand - a p a ir o f aces
and a p a ir o f eights - has since becom e known as the Dead
M a n s Hand.
dead m eat Mrtav, gotov. It was taken fo r granted b y new editors
that b y 9 am we had read our own paper, its main rival and a
couple o f the broadsheets. We were dead m eat if we hadnt.
dead nuts on Zaluden za.
dead-pan Bezizraajan, bezlian, mrtav-ozbiljan; mrtav-ladan.
With kids packing his audiences, he prom ised dead-panned
to lo w er the voting age to 6 .
dead s e t l . Vrlo odluan, reen.
2. make a dead set at Nainiti odiuan pokuaj.
3. be dead set Biti krajnje odluan.
dead spit of, the Pljunuti, isti (neko).
dead to the wide/world 1. Bez svesti; pijan, uletvljen, betoniran.
2.
U tvrdom snu.
dead with, w ouldnt be seen Nema apsolutno nita s (nekim).
deadly Vrlo, krajnje, na smrt.
deal 1. Dilovati, trgovati, pregovarati.
2. nark. Dilovati drogu.
3. Sporazumeti se, postii dogovor. He m ade a deal with the
Republicans... to suppress the charges.
4. do a deal Sporazumeti se; sklopiti posao; uglaviti dil.
5. w hats the big deal? U emu je problem?; zato se
uzbuuje?; emu tolika frka?
deal-braker Onaj ko kri dogovor; neto to kri dogovor.
dear(ie)(y) me! GB Boe moj!; jao! Takode oh dear!
death Nepodnoljiv. The whole functions going to be death.
death, done to Preterati. Videti grim death,
death (warm ed-up), like Kao podgrejani le, beivotan. I don't
know what the news is, but Frank looks tike death warm ed
up.
debunk Raskrinkati, razobliiti. The author neither glorifies n o r
debunks.
deck US Patosirati, oboriti. Slino floor. Rem em ber that guy I
decked in the restaurant?
decking Patosiranje.
deep end, go o ff the 1. Razgneviti se, razbesneti se. Slino blow
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Pretrpeti nervni slom, flipnuti. The old lady ju s t w ent o ff the
deep end after h e r fam ily died in that car crash.
deep six, to voj. US Otarasiti se, eliminisati.
dekko GB Pogled. Isto decko. Obi. take/have a dekko Baciti
pogled.
deliver the goods Odraditi posao; ispuniti oekivanja. Slino
com e through. He talks big, but can he d eliver the goods?
demon (for) Strunjak, tata-mata, maher.
derilict Gubitnik; posrnula osoba; degen(erik). W hat a deri/ictthat
John fellow turned out to be.
derv GB Dizel (gorivo).
designer drug Sintetiki narkotik (obi. sa snanijim dejstvom
od onog nastalog od biljaka).
deuce 1. GB Eufem. od devil. W hat the deuce are we to do?
2. Dva dolara; dve funte. Just let me have a deuce till
tomorrow.
3.US kock. Dvojka (u kartama).
4. there will be the deuce to pay Bie gadno, bie velikih
neprilika; bie belaja.
deuced G B avolski, proklet. This bag is deuced heavy!
d evils own, the G B Krajnje teka stvar. It'll be the d evils own
jo b to persuade him.
dex(ies) nark. Deksedrin (amfetamin). You can take dexies, but
you could get hooked on them.
diamond geezer G B Sjajan tip.
dibs GB Novae, lova, keke, uke. How did you make yo u r dibs?
dice, no Nita od toga, ni govora, ma kakvi, nema anse. D id you
g et him to agree? - No, I m afraid its no dice.
dicey GB Riskantan, rizian, opasan; neizvestan. A friend o f mine
says I can make a lo t o f m oneyif I buy stock in the X Y Z
company. Should I do it? -1 wouldn't if I were you. The
chances fo r success are too dicey."
dick 1. Kurac, kara, kita. She was crazy for dick.
2. Karati, tucati. Isto screw. If he went and dickedyour
twelve-year-old sister... he wouldnt tell you all about it.
3. Detektiv. Isto deak.
4. do dick Laditi muda. What do those gim ps do all day? They do dick.
5. Prevariti, zavrnuti (koga). That salesman dickedm e fo r ten
extra bucks.
6. Idiot, kreten, krele, budala.
dick around Zamlaivati se, gluvariti, petljati se. Slino mess;
screw around. That's federal m erchandise you're dicking
with, right, m arshal?

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dick-face Rugoba, akrep.

dick-head Krele, moron, mamlaz. Slino bastard; prick. Why
would I possibly want to check out a d ic k h e a d like yo u ?
dick stick oka, okica.
dicky GB 1. Slab, bolestan, nepouzdan.
2. Nesiguran, neispravan.
3. dicky heart Slabo srce. "You can't seriously expect me to
lift that box when you know I've got a d ic k y h e a rt."
dicky-bird GB Re. Odatle not say a dickybird. "We've not
heard a d ic k y -b ird from A ndy since he m oved."
diddies Sise, sisice, sike.
diddle 1. GB Prevariti, nasamariti. Comedian Ken D odd insisted
on cash for shows to d id d ie the taxman, his form er agent told
a ju ry yesterday.
2. US Dodirivati enske genitalije. He w as trying to d id d ie
her, and she was trying to watch the movie.
3. Drkati.
4. Gluvariti, besposliiti.
diddler Prevarant, varalica.
diddy GB 1. Mali, privlaan.
2. Budala.
diesel dyke g. Dizeldajk, agresivna/m ukobanjasta lezbejka.
Slino bulldyke.
dig 1. iveti u iznajm ljenoj sobi. Odatle digs Gajba.
2. (Arheoloko) iskopavanje.
3. Shvatiti, ukapirati, skapirati. Isto dig it. You d ig what I m
saying?
4. Svidati se, gotiviti. I ju s t don't d ig any o f these guys.
dig dirt Traariti, ogovarati.
dig in Mazati, krkati; navaliti, prionuti (na hranu/posao itd). Paul
dug in and finished his hom ew ork very quickly.
dig it Shvatiti, ukapirati, skapirati.
dig oneself in Uaniti se.
dig out 1. Iskopati, ieprkati. I d u g o u t these old trousers to give
to the boy.
2.
Otii. Slino cut out; split,
dig up Iskopati, pronai, otkriti, ieprkati.
digs; diggings Iznajmljeni stan ili soba; gajba. Your d ig s, o r
mine?
digger US 1. pogrd. Australijanac, Novozelandanin.
2. lop. Deparo.
3. Tapkaro.
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dildo 1. US Dildo, vibrator, uveani vetaki penis.

2. Duduk, dijabola, krele.
dilly-dally Oklevati; kolebati se. Stop d illy -d a lly in g and get to the
point.
dim 1. Tup, glup. Who's that dear, dim , drunk little man?
2. Beznaajan.
dim wit Gluperda, dileja, dildika, krele.
dim witted Glupav. Somewhere around the seventh o r eight
season, H om er changed from a d im w itte d blue-collar buffoon
to a strong lead er role...
dim view of, take a Gledati popreko na.
dimbo; dim mo Sporovozan um; neinteligentna osoba, mentol,
dijabola. Slino blockhead. Bruce Springsteen is ju s t dead
popular with a lo t o f d im m o s because o f the unchalienging
nature o f what he does.
dim e dropper US lop. Dounik, potkaziva, cinkaro, drukara.
Isto fink.
din-dins GB Veera; bilo koji obrok. Once we give the dog his
d in -d in s , h e 'll calm down.
ding-a-ling 1. Krele, moron.
2. Kita.
ding-dong 1. Svada, buna rasprava.
2. Bue'na zabava.
3. Budala; udak.
4. Kita.
dingle Kita, visuljak. Isto dingle-dangle.
dingleberries Tarzanii, ostaci od fekalija na dlakama oko
anusa.
dinkum, (fair) Dobar, poten, vredan, pravi, istinski.
dinky 1. GB Mali i sladak; zgodan. d in k y little town.
2.
US Neadekvatan, neprikladan, mali i beznaajan; nikakav.
W hat a d in k y jo in t!
dip 1. Pasti (na ispitu), Ijosnuti.
2. Budala. A ll those people out there, theyre ju s t complete
d ip s .
3. udak, ekscentrik. M y grandm other w as a woefully crazy
lady... a bit o f a dip.
4. lop. Deparo.
5. lop. Depariti.
dip (ones) w ick Jebati, um oiti. Isto screw,
dip out Propustiti neto dobro.
dippy GB Lud, luckast, udaren, otkaen, uvrnut. Slino
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dipshit US Budala, bizgov, mentol, tupadija, krele, krelac. Isto

dipstick, jerk,
dipso alk. Dipsoman, teki alkos.
dipstick Budala, bizgov, mentol, tupadija, krele, krelac. Isto
dipshit; jerk,
dire straits Velika nevolja, kripac.
dirt 1. Informacija.
2. Nepristojnost, svinjarija, prostota, pornografija, gadost. A ll
you see in the m ovies these days is d irt.
3. Tra. Odatle throw dirt Biti zloban, traariti. She enjoys
hearing a bit o f d ir t about h e r neighbours.
dirty Veoma. d ir ty big hole.
dirty end o f the stick, get the Izvui deblji kraj (nepravedno).
dirty great/big Prokleti. Slino bloody. That d ir ty g re a t bastard.
dirty look Neprijateljski/m rk pogled.
dirty old man (in m ackintoshes) Perverzni starkelja
(egzibicionista).
dirty weekend Vikend proveden van kue sa ljubavnikom/
ljubavnicom.
dirty w ork at the cross-roads Nedelo.
dischuffed Nezadovoljan.
Disco Daiquiri GB nark. Koktel od LSD-a i ketamina.
dish 1. Atraktivna ena/mukarac; dobra riba, dobarfrajer; dobro
pare. Jea ns really quite a d is h , is n t she?
2. GB Izigrati; unititi; poraziti. I m afraid that blackguard has
d is h e d us again.
3. US Tra. Oh my, this is prim e d is h . I cant wait to tell the
girls.
4. Ono to neko naroito voli; osoba/stvar po meri/ukusu.
Slino c u p of tea. This book is ju s t m y d ish .
dish the dirt Pustiti buvu; otkriti tajnu.
dished 1. Pretuen.
2. Krajnje frustriran.
dishy GB Atraktivan, zgodan, seksi (ena/mukarac). She's ju s t
m arried this sim ply d is h y man.
ditch 1. Ostaviti (na cedilu), napustiti, odbaciti. He prom ised to
drive us to London but he d itc h e d us 50 m iles away.
2. Prisilno spustiti avion na vodu.
3. Izbei, utei. We m anaged to d itc h the cops and get away.
ditch class Pobei sa asa. "You shouldn't have ditched class
yesterday. We had an unannounced test."
div zaf. Krele, krelac, budala.
dive Jazbina, zloglasna krma, rupa.
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divvy 1. GB udak, glupak, slabi, budala, dileja. W h o 'syo u r

friend with the glasses? - He looks a bit d iv v y .
2. Podeliti. D iv v y it up between us.
Dixieland US June drave SAD. Isto dixie; W histle Dixie,
do 1. GB Prevariti, nasamariti, izraditi. He is hated by all the
beggars above him, and they do him every chance they get.
2. GB Drutveni dogadaj, zabava. The Tweed d o was held
early last December.
3. zat. Odleati (u zatvoru); uljati bajbok. He d id six years up
at San Quentin.
4. Imati seksualni odnos. She wanted to d o him, but he fell
asleep first.
5. Razgledati (grad, muzej).
do a bang-up jo b Izvanredno obaviti posao. "Have you seen
Frank's home page? He d id a b a n g -u p jo b with it."
do a bunk Klisnuti, uhvatiti dadu, pobei; otii na brzinu, u urbi.
Slino do a runner. His real father, a drunken Irishman, had
d o n e a b u n k.
do a bust lop. Provaliti u stan.
do a job on lop. Poiniti nedelo; ucmekati. The mob d id a jo b on
Joe Deluca.
do/run a num ber on lop. Iskoristiti, prevariti, nasamariti.
do a runner GB Pobei, strugnuti, zbrisati (obi. ne plativi
raun). Slino do a bunk,
do bird/porridge zat. Leati u zatvoru, uljati bajbok.
do by halves, not Zaloiti se svom snagom; raditi marljivo; ne
tedeti se; dati sve od sebe.
do down GB 1. Ogovarati, kritikovati.
2. Prevariti, nasamariti.
do fo r GB 1. Unititi; ubiti.
2. Voditi dom ainstvo za (koga).
do in GB 1. Prevariti; ubiti, ucmekati, ukokati. She d id in the old
woman too.
2.
Unititi, urnisati, upropastiti. A nother flop will do us in.
do it Raditi ono, jebati se. Isto fuck. Does she d o it?
do-it-yourself Masturbacija, runi rad.
do ones bit Dati svoj obol.
do ones block/crus uit/nut/pieces/taters Razljutiti se, pobesneti, popizdeti. Isto blow ones top. 'Men are always saying
they can count the num ber o f tim es they've cried on the
fingers o f one hand. Well, I reckon women can count the
num ber o f tim es they've really d o n e th e ir b lo c k s . *"Sharon's
going to do h e r f r u it when she finds D avid's stuck his bloody
nose into h e r business again."

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do ones nut/head in Nervirati, zbunjivati. The pop sta r Shaun

R yder was so high on drugs that he could not be bothered with
a contracts sm all print. It did his n u t in", the Court o f Appeal
was told."
do o nes stuff Izvriti obeano/oekivano. I've gotta do m y s tu ff
o r else h e ll sm ack me silly.
do o nes (own) thing Uiniti ono to eli.
do oneself proud/well iveti ugodnim ivotom, biti uspean.
do over 1. Nasrnuti, napasti i raniti.
2. Nasamariti, izraditi, prevariti.
do proud Biti velikoduan.
do (someone) Jebati, tucati, kresati. "Yeah, Johnny's doing that
blonde who works in the tax office."
do something (standing) on ones head S lakoom neto obaviti. Takode with one(s) hand (tied) behind ones back; with
ones eyes closed,
do sb dirt Napraviti kome svinjariju/sranje, smestiti kome. D o nt
repeat that unless you want to do him dirt.
do time zat. Leati (u zatvoru); uljati bajbok. Skinner, who was
already doing time fo r m urder...
do to death Preterati, prekardaiti; ubiti. That song has been
done to death by being repeated so often.
dock, in Na popravci ili na servisu (auto); u bolnici, na oporavku.
docking Veoma, vrlo. "It was a docking big ca r the size o f a bus."
doddle GB Neto veoma lako i jednostavno; maji kaalj; lako
steen novae; lak posao.
dodge 1. L/STrik, doskoica, smicalica, varka, eskivaa. We used
to run gin, but when prohibition ended we had to give up that
dodge.
2. Eskivirati, zavlaiti. "The two men called 911 to report the
incident, but spent the next week dodging the police before
turning themselves in after the M T V awardsa."
3.
on the dodge Upleten u nepotenu rabotu.
dodge the column Izbegavati obavezu, eskivirati.
dodger Muvator, varalica, prepredenjak; onaj ko izbegava da plati
porez. a tax dodger.
dodgy GB Nepouzdan, rizian, teak, pomalo opasan; lukav,
prepreden; sumnjiv, mutan; primitivan, prost. *lt'd be a bit
dodgy driving tonight. * D on't sit on that chair; it's a bit dodgy.
dodgy geezer Vaaro, muvator; problematian tip. That really
was the age when the world stopped for Dallas - and for
dodgy geezers in ill-fitting waistcoats.
dog 1. Gubitnik; sranje stvar. Isto dud; loser. The new show s a
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2. Seksualno neprivlana osoba, kalatura. Suprotno a k n o c k

o u t. W hy'd you tell him his girl's a d o g?
3. under-dog Gubitnik; neko ko ima malo ansi na uspeh;
onaj ko je pobeen. Suprotno top dog: glavni; najvii autoritet;
bog i batina; mali bog; buda. There are no rules in Am erican
life fo r the good behaviour o f underdogs.
4. go to the dogs Propasti, krahirati, izgubiti u kvalitetu.
5. have it dog fashion Jebanje zguza. Videti dogfuck.
6. straight as/like a dogs back leg Nepoten.
7. in the dog-house U nemilosti. The press secretary is in
the d o g h o u s e for cussing out a reporter.
8. not a dogs chance Bez ikakve anse, nema ansone.
9. the dogs GB Trka hrtova.
dog's bollocks Najbolji, najbolje. "This song is the d o g 's
b o llo c k s . "Isto cat's whiskers; bee's knees; mutt's nuts,
dog-collar Visoka tvrda kragna (svetenika anglikanske crkve).
dog-end GB Opuak.
dog-face US 1. voj. Peadinac, prainar.
2. Rugoba.
dog-fight 1. estoka borba.
2.
voj. Vazduhoplovni duel,
dogfuck Jebaina zguza. Isto dog(gy) style,
doggo GB Pritajiti se, tekovati se. Isto lie doggo. The three that
got aw ay are d o g g o somewhere.
dole, (on) the GB Nezaposlen, prima socijalnu potporu.
doll up/out Udesiti se, upicaniti se, picnuti se. This ye a r the girls
are d o llin g u p in calico patchworks.
dolly(-bird) GB Privlana devojka/ena, lutkica.
done! U redu!; fino!; vai!; nema frke.
done for/in/up 1. Iscrpljen, baldisao, spao s nogu. Isto pooped. I
was d o ne up.
2. Mrtav, gotov, propao; odbaen, otpisan. M y plans are do ne
in but good.
done thing, the Drutveno prihvatljiv. Videti not done.
dong(er) US Kita, doka, pajser.
donkey 1. Mukarac s velikim penisom. Isto donkey-dick.
2.
Puka, neto to ne odgovara oekivanjim a. "I think we've
been sold a d o n k e y ."
donkey-w ork GB Tei/ljakatorski deo posla; fizikalisanje; peaki
deo posla. Slino scut. He uses com puters to do what the
whiz kid s call their d o n k e y w o rk .
donkeys years, (for) GB itava venost, sto godina. I got
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dont give me that Priaj ti to nekom drugom.

dont put your foot w here your mouth is Ispeci pa reci.
doodah; doodad; doohickeys Neki mali predm et ili naprava ijeg
imena govornik ne moe da se seti; ona napravica, mainica,
spravica; kako bee ime? Slino gadget. We m ay have
turned into what looks like a nation o f d o o h ic k e y s .
doofer Isto to i doodah. Hand me that d o o fe r.
doolally; doolali GB Lud, ano duo, flipnuo.
dope 1. nark. Dop, narkotik, gudra, pajdo. They searched him for
dope.
2. Pouzdana informacija. Get me all the d o p e you can on he r
colleagues.
3. Glupan, tupan, tupadija, budala, mentol, krele. Slino
turkey. Only a d o p e would refuse that chance.
4. US Varati. You d o p in g me about this?
dope fiend Narkoman. Isto drug fiend. Could Eugene (O'Neill)
imagine that his mother, his gentle pious mother, was a do pe
fie n d , the sort o f person they wrote about in dime thrillers?"
dope pedlar Rastura droge, diler.
doped nark. Na dopu, drogiran; dopingovan (u sportu). He
couldnt have run that fast if he w asnt do pe d.
d o p (e)y 1. Poluzaspao.
2. nark. Drogiran. I was d o p y after they gave me the shot.
3. Tupav, sm uen, idiotski. What a d o p e y thing to say.
dork 1. US Kita, kara, doka, pajser. The glorious acrobatics she
can perform while dangling from the end o f m y d o rk.
2.
Krele, dileja, idiot, degen(erik). Isto jerk; prick,
dorm Studentski dom.
dose of salts, like a Veom a brzo i lako, bez napora; (proi)
glatko. Slino like shit through a tin horn. The pension bill
went through lik e a d o se o f s a lts.
doss GB 1. Krevet u jeftinom prenoitu. Isto kip.
2. Neto veom a lako, lak posao. You m ustn't see this purely
as a d o s s ."
3. Prenoiti u jeftinom konaitu, spavati na otvorenom. Old
Shawies been d o s s in g for the last three weeks.
4. Kratak san.
doss-house Jeftino prenoite. Isto flop house. I don't know
how you manage to live in this d o s s h o u s e you call a flat.
doos out Spavati na otvorenom.
dosser Skitnica, beskunik.
dot (a person one) Prilepiti (kome) zauku, klepiti (koga). I ju s t
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dotted line, sign on the Brzo i bez uslova pristati na to.

dotty GB aav, luckast, uvrnut, otkaen, udaren mokrom
arapom.
double-cross GB Prevariti, nasamariti, izdati. I would never
double-cross a pal.
double Dutch Kojetarija, nerazumljiv govor; atrovaki. Plain
English will do; cut the double Dutch.
double or quits Dvostruko ili nita.
double talk Govor u kome je smisao izmean s besmislom ili s
reima dvostrukog znaenja; kojetarije; politike fraze;
verbalne manipulacije/m ahinacije. You cant double-talk you r
way out o f this difficulty!
dough Novae, lova, ke. Slino bread; bucks; bones. The tax
m ans taken all m y dough.
down U daunu, depresivan, deprimiran, u bedaku. Slino blue.
H es real down about losing that chance.
down and out Bez novca i bez perspektive; uniten, upropaten;
niko i nita; u nematini, na ulici. When you're down an d out,
rem em ber what did it.
dow n-and-out Skitnica, niko i nita.
dow n-beat Smrknut, snuden, utuen. Suprotno up-beat,
down the dumper; down in the dum ps/m outh Potiten, snuden, utuen, deprimiran, depresivan. *So another birthday
down the dum per. '"I'm not com ing out tonight, I'm feeling a
little down in the dum ps."
down on, go Puiti, lizati (seks).
down on, have a Ne trpeti (koga), imati (koga) na zubu.
down on ones luck Nemati sree.
down the drain/pan Propao, otiao u vetar/tandariju, proerdan.
A ll his best efforts seem to go down the drain.
down the hatch! ivelil; na iskap!
down the tubes/flush/chute/pan Zauvek propao/naputen; beznadean. Slino kaput. *J16 soon as it became obvious that
'The Sim psons' had ju m p e d the shark, m ore that thirty votes o f
'neve rju m ped ' were posted within a few short weeks in
support o f this once grand show that is n ow quickly going
down the tubes '.' *"Oh well, that's another 1000 down the
p a n ."
down to the ground Potpuno, sasvim. That'll suit me down to
the ground.
down to the wire Krajnje neizvesna situacija. Cannes went right
down to the wire last night in one o f the m ost surprising and
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dow ner nark. Sedativ; droga koja oputa/sm iruje. Suprotno

upper. "M ost people opt for an upper1 and a dow ned - for
example, cocaine and Valium.
down-town US Centargrada.
Down Under Australija ili Novi Zeland. The diva from down
u nd er reveals the secrets o f h e r sex kitten style...
drag 1. Gnjavaa, smaranje. Slino downer. W hat a drag it is
getting old.
2. g. enska odea koju nosi mukarac. Obi. in drag U takvoj
odei. He show ed up at h e r party in drag.
3. Dim (npr. cigarete); guc, gutljaj pica.' Give me a dragon
that.
drag-act; d rag-show g. Mukarac u enskoj odei.
drag-racing US Trka dragstera (tip auta).
drag king g. Lezbejka koja izlazi na javna mesta odevena kao
mukarac.
drag queen g. Dreg kvin, gej m ukarac koji izlazi na javna mesta
odeven i naminkan kao ena, namerno preterujui u takvom
oblaenju i ponaanju.
drag o nes heels Vui se, biti neodluan, ne preduzimati akciju.
The project failed because even the m anagers were dragging
their feet.
dragged up GB Loe odgojen (dete).
drainpipes GB Farmerke sa uskim nogavicama, frulice.
drat (it) (Eufem. od damn) Do davola!
draw 1. Privlanost; ono to privlai (panju, kupce, gledaoce i si).
2. nark. Marihuana, hai.
3. nark. Duvanje, duvka. "Ere mate, have you got a draw ? I
need som ething to help me sleep."
4. nark. Duvati (marihuanu). Plenty o f prison officers smoke
m arijuana too. I know some who'll have a search for draw and
then pocket it.
draw a blank Doiveti potpuni neuspeh; nemati rezultata; izvui
orak. I'm trying to remember, but keep draw ing a blank.
draw it mild Biti umeren, ne preterivati. If yo u re gonna hang
around with mobsters, draw it m ild and always keep y o u r
cool.
draw the line Podvui crtu, zaustaviti se, ne ioi dalje. He sm okes
pot, but sure knows when to draw the line.
dream, like a Onako kao to se eli; kao po loju.
dreck; drek Dre, starudija. Isto garbage; junk; shit,
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dressed to the teeth/death ili (fit) to kill ili up to the nines ili up
like a dogs dinner Nacifrati se, skockati se. She's dressed
to the teeth in magenta silks.
dressy Elegantno/sveano odeven, skockan.
dressing-down Grdnja, bukvica, ukor, ribanje.
dribs and drabs, in U malim koliinama, malo-pomalo, na pipetu.
He's paying m e back in dribs an d drabs.
drink like a fish Piti ko smuk.
drip 1. Neugodna osoba, gnjavator, dave, smara, smor. Slino
square; wimp.
2. Glupost; laskanje.
drip-dry Koji se brzo sui i koji ne treba peglati.
drippy Sladunjav, srceparajui. Isto corny,
drive-by Pucanje iz pitolja u nekoga ili u neto iz kola u pokretu.
drive (sb) over the hill Izludeti, iznervirati.
drive (sb) up the wall loi estoko na nerve, nervirati, izludeti.
Leave him alone and let him work. Quit driving him up the
wall.
drop (acid) nark. Gutnuti (drogu)
drop a bollock/banger/clanger/goolie GB Lupiti, napraviti gaf;
izvaliti glupost.
drop a bomb 1. Izazvati ok.
2. GB Prdnuti, okinuti. Isto drop one.
drop a brick/clanger GB Napraviti gaf; lupiti i ostati iv; provaliti
biser. He rathe r dropped a brick when he m ispronounced
Lady F uchss name.
drop a pint Popiti pivo.
drop a tab Napraviti greku/gaf.
drop acid nark. Uzeti LSD, izgutati esid.
drop dead! 1. Crko dabogda!; crkni!; ne tupi!; oladi!; brii!; idi do
davola! Isto get lost! Drop dead! Shouted John to his older
brothers who were inteering with his electronics kit.
2.
Senzacionalistiki; straobalan, sjajan, dojaja. M ost
contem porary m ovies seem less interested in sustained
explorations o f time and space than in drop-dead im ages and
special effects.
drop (sb) in it Uvaliti (koga) u nevolju/neugodnost, smestiti
(kome).
drop in on Svratiti (nenajavljeno) u posetu, banuti.
drop like a hot potato Brzo to ostaviti/napustiti. When she
frowned I dropped the topic like a h o t potato.
drop o ff Zaspati, pasti u san.
dropped on (from a dizzy height) Otro ukoren; sputen na
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drop o nes guts Prdnuti (obi. u skraenom obliku drop one).

"Jesus! W hat a stink, have you ju s t dropped one?"
drop o nes load Ejakulirati, svriti.
drop out Prihvatiti nekonvencionalan nain ivota; odbaciti
drutvene konvencije. Since I dropped out in Septem ber last
y e a r I have come to the conclusion that the city drop-out
scene is a pathetic one.
drop-out Drutveni otpadnik; onaj ko napusti kolu. The parents
o f a high-school d rop-out are usualy dissapointed.
drop some iron Iskeirati se, pui kintu, platiti.
drop the ball Pui, kalirati; izgubiti kontrolu.
drop the bucket (on) Prebaciti odgovornost (na).
drop too many/much, have a Previe zavirio u aicu; preterao s
piem.
dropsy 1. Sklonost da se isputaju stvari.
2. Mito, narukvica.
drug 1. loi na nerve, ivcirati, izludivati. Isto bug. His constant
bitching really drugs me.
2. Ljut, iznerviran. Isto pissed off.
drug fiend Narkoman. Isto dope fiend. In 1979 the USSR
perm itted the first Western rock sta r to perform in the country form er drug fiend, S ir Elton John. "
drughead nark. Danki. Isto hophead.
drug-pusher nark. Narko-diler. Isto pusher,
drug runner nark. Kurir.
druggie; druggy nark. Narkos. Isto doper.
drugstore cow boy US Lokalni zavodnik, ulini Romeo. Isto GB
coffe bar cowboy; canteen cowboy. She married... a
m arijuana-sm oking drugstore cowboy.
drum, tight as a Pijan ko zemlja.
dry old stick Dosadni ilager, ieganja.
dry up 1 . Ostati bez teksta. It dries me up when I think o f the
term s he offered for the part.
2. Umukni!; uuti! Isto shut up. F inally I ju s t told him to dry
up.
duck 1. Bez bodova (kriket).
2. Izbegavati, eskivirati (obic. odgovornost). Isto duck out of.
They always felt she was trying to duck work.
3. Zlato moje, mezime. Takode ducky; ducks. H ow does that
grab you, duck?
4. lame duck Propao pekulant; invalid, nemona osoba,
slabi.
5. Sagnuti se. Everybody duck! The arrows are heading our
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duck and dive Muvati, meetariti.

duck shot US Maji kaalj, neto veoma lako. Slino duck soup,
dud 1. Neuspeh, orak, fijasko. The show s a dud.
2. Nitarija.
dude US 1. Kico.
2. Momak, tip, meker, faca; deak, deki, dekonja. Slino
cat; guy. Im sittin' In the bus stop... ju s t me an these other
three dudes.
duff GB 1. Inferioran; bezvredan. British cultural icon and m aker
o f m any d u ff movies, M ichael Caine, was born in 1933.
2. Zadnjica, dupe, bulja. Isto ass. Come on you turkeys, get
o ff yo u r duffs and give me some info.
3. up the duff U drugom stanju, zaglavila, zakevila. He put her
up the duff.
dugs Sise, sifoni.
dukes GB Ruke, ake, ape, pesnice. He put up his dukes to
defend himself.
dum b Glup, glupav. Slino dim. You think I'm pretty dum b, don't
you?
dum bass Glupan, tupson, krelac, krele. Isto stupid-ass.
dum b-dum b; dum dum Tupan. Slino dumbo; dummy,
dum p 1. utnuti koga, dati mu korpu, dati dvojku, dvojkirati,
odbaciti. Have you heard it, Jenny dum ped Rob.
2. Lose mesto, rupa, rupaga. W hat a dump m y hom etown is
now!
3. Kenjanje. To start the m orning with a satisfactory dum p is
a good omen.
4. Kenjati. Isto dum p a load; crap.
dum p on/all over (sb) US Obruiti se na (koga), izgrditi. One
minute I m with a woman who m akes me feel like a man, the
next I m with som eone who's dum ping all o ver m e .
dunk GB Um oiti (seks). Odatle dunking Seks, um akanje.
dunno = dont know
dust U velikoj nevolji. If y o u re late, yo u re dust.
dust, blow ones Svriti, ejakulirati.
dust off Potpraiti pete, zbrisati.
dust sbs jac ket Izmlatiti koga, ispraiti kome tur.
dusters Muda.
dust-up GB Svada, rasprava, tua. Slino scrap. A big dustupin
the office o f a vice-president.
dusty, not so GB Prilino dobar, nije lo. He is n o t as dusty as I
thought after all.
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Dutch auction Aukcija na kojoj se cena sniava dok se ne nade

kupac.
dutch, in U nevolji; pod sumnjom.
Dutch com fort Slaba uteha.
Dutch uncle Osoba koja dri pridike.
dweeb US Krele, krelac.
dyke g. Dajk, lezbejka, lezbos, lezbaa (ena koja u vezi izmedu
dve ene preuzima ulogu m ukarca). Isto bull-dyke. F o r
d yke s, being a lesbian isn't ju s t about sex.
dyke daddy g. Mukarac koji se drui sa lezbejkama.
dynam iter US nark. Kokainoman.

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E nark. Tableta droge ekstazi. ...although some people will

choose to take only h a lf an E ..
eager beaver GB Preterano revnosna osoba; treber.
ear 1. Policajac.
2. by ear Bez pripreme. Obi. play by ear Svirati po sluhu.
3. on (ones) ear U nemilosti.
4. get on ones ear Napiti se, naliti se, naljemati se.
ear to the ground, have ones Opipavati puls (javnosti).
earner Profitabilan, unosan posao ili poduhvat.
ears flapping, with Nauljenih uiju; odvojiti uvo.
ears in, up to (ones) Preko glave (npr. u poslu).
earth, the Velika svota novca. It cost me the earth.
earthly 1. no earthly use Potpuno beskoristan, neupotrebljiv.
2. (stand) not an earthly chance Bez ikakve anse.
earwig Bacati uvo, prislukivati. "If you heard things said about
you that you didn't like, then you shouldn't e a rw ig into
conversations."
ease off Olakati se, mokriti.
easy 1. Lagodan, bezbrian, lakomislen, indiferentan. I m e a s y -1
don't m ind one way o r the other.
2. Lako se odaje seksu.
easy as pinching m oney from a blind man ili as shelling peas
ili as winking Veom a lak.
easy digging Neto lako. Slino piece of cake,
easy does it Ne uri, polako, budi staloen.
easyg o in g Nonalantan; dobroudan.
easy lay/m ake Polegua, radodajka, ona koja je uveksprem na
na seks; laka enska/riba. His assistant was an e a s y lay, but
he didnt care, it only made it easier fo r him.
easy mark Naivko, ovca. Slino patsy; sucker,
easy meat Lak posao; neko koga je lako prevariti.
easy on the eye Atraktivan, zgodan.
easy street, in/on U dobrim (finansijskim ) prilikama.
easy touch Neko kog aje lako iskoriavati finansijski.
eat 1. derati (se). W hat's e a tin g him?
2. Poginuti, biti ubijen.
3. Puiti, lizati (seks).

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eat cheese lop. Cinkariti, pevati. Slino rat on (sb).
eat crap GB Progutati uvredu, pojesti govno. I was there fo r two
years and I had to eat crap.
eat dirt/shit US Pojesti govno, poniziti se (pred kim). */ w ont eat
yo u r s h it any longer. *1 ate dirt and apologized to that
bastard.
eat/live high on the hog ili off the hog ili on the jo in t Dobro
iveti, prosperirati. Slino shit in high cotton. You will... eat
high on the hog, as a m em ber o f the ruling mob.
eat (it/out) US Puiti, lizati (seks). Slino go down on sb; eat it
raw.
eat me 1. Umukni, zaepi (gubicu).
2. Popui mi, polii mi (seks).
eat m y shorts Iz'ede mi gae, poljubi me u dupe,
eat/have sbs lunch Teko poraziti. Slino clobber; finish. If IBM
doesn't watch it, Apple M ac will eat its lunch.
eat (sb) out Puiti, lizati (seks). Slino go down on sb. I ate out
M ary last night.
eat the hind (back) legs off a donkey, could Biti gladan ko vuk.
eating irons Pribor za jelo, escajg.
eats Hrana, klopa, has.
ecstasy nark. Droga ekstazi.
E'd up nark. Pod dejstvom droge ekstazi, na ekstaziju.
edge 1. Mala prednost. The insurgents seem to have the edge.
2. US Pijanstvo.
3. have the edge on US Biti malo ispred (koga), biti u
prednosti. He has the edge on the other students because he
studies harder.
4. Mii se!; pouri!
edged alk. Pijan, uikan.
edgy Razdraljiv, napet, nervozan. Isto on edge. Everyone's a
little edgy because o f the NATO air strikes.
e ffa n d blind Psovati.
effing (eufem. od fucking) Proklet, davolji.
effing and blinding/jeffing Psovanje. "I've ne ver seen him so
angry, effing an d blinding despite being a vicar."
eff (off) (eufem. od fuck) 1. Jebi se, odjebi. Mr... put his arms
around m y waist and tried to kiss m y neck. I told him to e ff
o ff.
egg Osoba, tip, drukan. E velyns a good egg.
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egg-head 1. "Jajoglavi, (nadri)inteiektualac, (nepraktian)
idealist. Slino double dom e. *An e g g h e a d is one who calls
M arilyn M onroe M rs A rthu r M iller." *lt's easy fo r eg g -h e a d s in
the Universities to talk about the social problem s o f the
workers. They've ne ver done a days work in their lives.
2. elava osoba.
egg in sb s beer Ono to se samo moe poeleti. I don't call two
weeks' vacation exactly eg g in m y beer.
egg on Inicirati, dati podstrek; hukati, podstrekavati.
egg on (ones) face, get Loe proi, ispasti grbav (zbog neke
greke). Some people are going to end up with a lot o f e g g on
th e ir face s over this one.
eggy Ljut, nervozan, razdraen. Daddy was well e g g y th is
morning.
Egyptian PT San.
elbow, get the Dobiti nogu, biti odbaen/naputen.
elbow grease G S Tegoban (fiziki/manuelni) posao; napor. "Y e s,
the car is pretty dirty, but it'll look nice again with a little e lb o w
g re a se ." *"Put some e lb o w g re a se into that jo b will you ?"
elephant 1. nark. Heroin.
2. cop the elephant Biti pijan.
elevenses GB Mali prepodnevni obrok ili pie.
Emerald Isle GB Irska.
em perors new clothes Neto to ne postoji, carevo novo odelo.
end 1. Videti get o nes end away.
2. no end Veoma.
3. no end o f Velika koliina ili veliki broj (ega). Itll cost n o
e n d o f m oney!
4. go (in) off the deep end Razljutiti se, razgoropaditi se,
pobesneti.
5. GB at a loose end Besposlen, dokon. US at loose ends,
enemy, the Vreme. How goes the e n e m y? (Koliko je sati?)
enough to make a cat laugh Veom a zabavno.
enthuse GB Odueviti se, zanositi se.
eppie; eppy skra. 1. Epileptiki napad.
2. Nekontrolisani napad besa, obino u izrazu throw an eppy
ili have an eppy.
erk GB 1. Radnik koji obavlja ne ba poeljne poslove.
2.
voj. Reg rut.
ersatz Vetaki, nije prirodan; surogat.
esclop Policajac.
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even Stephen/Steven GB Jednako; jednaki; na jednake delove.

It's a fifty-fifty fight. E ven S tephen.
ever so Mnogo, onoliko. thanks e v e r s o !
every Jack Svi, svaka ua.
every m others son Svi; svi ivi.
everything but the kitchen sink Apsolutno sve, sve mogue.
everything in the garden is lovely Sve je u najboljem redu.
evil hour Lo, zao as.
excuse m y French S oprotenjem; da izvine; izvini to psujem.
expecting Trudna, u drugom stanju.
eye in a sling, have ones Biti poraen; biti u kripcu; zapasti u
nevolju.
eye-opener 1. Neto iznenaujue (to kome otvara oi),
otkrovenje. Listening to that story was a real e ye-opener.
2. Prvo pie u danu. He fum bled for the ju g and slurped on
e ye -o p e n e r
3. Amfetamin; droga.
4. enidba.
eyes bigger than ones belly, have Imati oi vee od stomaka.
eyes stick out like organ-stops (ili chapel hat-pegs), o nes
Iskolaiti, ispasti oi. H er eyes s tu c k o u t lik e o rg a n -s to p s
when she found h e r husband in bed with h e r best friend.
eyes, up to ones Preko uiju, preko glave (npr. u poslu, ili
u problemima).
eyeful, an 1. Atraktivna ena ili devojka. Youre both quite an
e y e fu l
2.
have/get an eyeful Gledati s interesovanjem, odvaliti kibic.
'He g o t an e y e fu l when ladies went swimming. ' "G e t an
e y e fu l o f that idiot on the dancefloor.
eyelashes, hang on by ones Uspeti se odrati u tekoj situaciji.
eyewash Prodavanje magle; zamazivanje oiju. Odatle eye
w asher Prodavac magle. This does not m ean that the
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2. sw eet FA Nita. He says Eve behaved like a complete
bitch ove r the kid s custody... and h e ll get sw e et F. A. out o f
the sale o f the house."
face-ache Jadnik, bednik, sluaj.
face as long as a fiddle, have a Izgledati snudeno, pokunjeno.
face-fungus hum. Brada; brkovi.
face like the back o f a bus, have a Biti ruan k'o lopov. Isto be
as ugly as sin.
face the music Suoiti se s neprijatnostima; poneti se hrabro;
izdrati kritiku. I know they don't like what I've done, but I sup
pose I'd better go back and face the m u sic.
face up to Biti dorastao (situaciji).
facer Iznenadna tekoa.
fade 1. Otii ne plativi rentu.
2. Zbrisati. Its pretty obvious that this geezer and Jane were
planning to fade together.
3. have got (sb) faded US Imati koga u aci. I've g o t him
1ad ded. I can match any trick o r treat o f his with one ju s t as
potent.
fadge Vagina.
faff Dokoliiti, gluvariti, gubiti vreme. Obi. faff about/around.
"'Let me finish doing this will you, and stop fa ffin g ." *Stop
fa ffin g a b o u t and play the bloody thing forw ards!
fag 1. GB Cigareta, pljuga. Slino butt; coffin nail. He passed
them sw ell fa g s around."
2. US Peder, peko, derpe. Slino faggot; queer. I'm le d into
a room where a short fa g doctor and a big bull-dyke nurse are
waiting fo r me.
3. Tegoban/m uan/dosadan posao, gnjavaa, smaranje. Obi.
w hat a fag! Kakva gnjavaa! "It w as a fa g having to drive all
the way back home at n igh t."
fag-end GB 1. Opuak.
2.
Kraj, zavretak, (bedni) ostatak; kart.
fag-hag US ena koja vie voli drutvo homoseksualaca nego
heteroseksualaca. Slino faggots moll,
fagged (out) GB Iscrpljen, iznemogao, baldisao, spao s nogu,
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fag(g)ot 1. US g. Peder(ina), pea, derpe. Isto faggy. Everyones
knows that the Village is heeving with fagggots.
2. g. enskast homoseksualac.
3. Nain obraanja nevaljalom deaku; mangupi.
fair crack o f the whip, a Potena/fer pogodba.
fair dos/doos/doos/does/dues 1. Neka pogodba bude potena/
fer. N ow then, fair dues; le t everybody be searched, I have no
m oney about me.
2. Jednaki delovi.
fair enough Vai, dogovoreno.
fair to middlin(g) Tako-tako; osrednji; prosean.
fairy 1. enskast mukarac.
2. g. Peovan, pea, homi.
fake GB 1. Krivotvorina, imitacija, lanjak, falsifikat.
2. Varanje, krivotvorenje, lairanje, falsifikovanje. He was good
at faking O ld Masters.
3. Udariti, opaliti, klepiti, aknuti.
f-all Eufem. od fuck all.
fall down (on) Zatajiti, izjaloviti se.
fall fo r 1. Pasti na (koga/to); zaljubiti se u (koga); svideti se (to).
2.
Nasesti. He's constantly failing fo r long-legged brunets.
fall-guy US 1. Naivina, ovca.
2.
Zrtveni jarac. Slino patsy; scapegoat. He said he would
not be the presidents fall guy.
fall off the back of a lorry (odnosi se na ukradenu robu) Roba
sumnjivog porekla. "Being as they fell o ff a back o f a lorry
I'm selling them at h a lf the price they are in the shops."
fall o ff the wagon Ponovo poeti piti, vartiti se alkoholu. He was
sob er fo r three years, but when his daughter died, he fell o ff
the wagon.
fall over backwards Polomiti se (oko koga/ega).
falling o ff a log, as easy as Veoma lako.
fam ily jew els, the Porodini nakit, muda. Isto nuts. A kick in the
fam ily je w e ls w ill often dampen a m ansardor.
fam ily jew els
fam ily way, in the Trudna, u drugom stanju.
fam ous last words Ironian/podsm eljiv odgovor na ije rei, da
se izrazi neverica.
fancy GB Svidati se. "I fancy that new receptionist who's started
in accounts."
fancy!; ju s t fancy! GB G le!; zamisli!
fancy that! GB Ko bi to rekao!; pazi ti to!
fancy man 1. Ljubavnik, zavodnik, em a .
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fancy the arse off (sb) Biti napaljen na koga.
fanny 1. US Dupe, bulja, zadnjica. Isto backside; buttocks; arse.
I can hardly sit down, m y fanny is so sore.
2. GB enski polni organ, pika.
3. GB ena kao seksualni objekt, pika, riba, cava,
fanny about/around Gluvariti, dokoliiti, vatati zjale.
fanny adam s GB Ba nita (izrazu obino prethodi re sweet).
"What've you been up to Tim ?" "Sweet fanny adam s since I
lost m y jo b ."
fanny batter Vaginalni sekret.
fanny fart Zvuk koji nastaje tokom seksualnog odnosa, spajanjem
genitalija, slian prdeu.
fanny m agnet Magnet za picke."He wants a Ferrari, cos he
reckons it's a sure fanny m agnet."
far from it Daleko od toga.
far out US 1. Sjajan; super. Slino cool. M arlenes entire range
o f expression was pretty much lim ited to far out, super, and
gross.
2. Bizaran.
fart 1. Prdadija, kenjac. Takode fart-arse; farth breath. W hat's
that stupid fart up to?
2. Prdnuti. Isto lay/blow a fart.
3. Prde.
4. Neto bezvredno. Slino diddly; zilch, not worth a fart.
fart about/around GB Gluvariti, gubiti vreme, besposliiti. Takode
fart-arse about/around. Come on you guys, stop farting
around and get down to business.
farty Beznaajan, nekvalitetan. "I'm not going back to that
restaurant, they serve really farty sized portions."
fash Uzrujati se. Odatle fashy Srdit, ljut.
fast Razuzdan, raskalaan.
fat 1. Ugodan, dobar.
2. Obilan, bogat, pun k'o brod. H it him up now, h e s pretty fat.
3. Erekcija penisa.
fat cat, a Bogata, lovan, buda; slavna osoba.
fat chance! Nema anse! "There's fat chance o f getting me to do
a parachute ju m p !"
fat-head GB Budala, gluperda, idiot, krele. Slino blubberhead.
fat lot, a Ne mnogo, malo; nikakav. Shows what a fat lo t o f
influence... Congo has got.
fatso pogrd. Veoma debela osoba.
fave (rave) Omiljena stvar/osoba/pesm a/film itd. ...the American
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faze US Uznemiriti; preneraziti.
featherbed 1. Traiti lake poslove; oljariti u radu.
2. Zaposliti vei broj ljudi nego to je potrebno (da se
smanji nezaposlenost).
fearfully Veoma.
fed-up to the back teeth Sit ega.
Feds Slubenici federalne policije, federalci. ...Starlings heart
has been anesthetized not only b y a decade with the F eds but
b y h e r time apart from Hannibal.
feed 1. Obrok, jelo, klopa, has. Stop by for a feed, anytime.
2. Novae,
feed ones face Jesti, derati, hasati.
feed the brute Nahraniti mua.
feel rough/puny Ne oseati se dobro. 'T e d w as fe e lin g p u n y
yesterday, so he decided not to go to w ork."
feel the draught Doiveti neprijatnost (obi. finansijsku).
feeler Probni balon.
fellow-feeling Razumevanje, sauee.
fence 1. Jatak. The loot had disappeared and been handled by a
fence.
2. Skrovite ukradenih stvari.
fence, sit/be, etc. on the Biti neopredeljen/neodluan.
fender-bender Saobraajna nesrea, saobraajka. "Traffic was
really slow on the freew ay this m orning because o f a fen derb e n d e r in one o f the westbound lanes."
fess (up) US Priznati, propevati'W e want the tru th !"- W hat
time is it? - Time fo r you to fe ss u p !
fetch (a person) one Udariti, odalamiti, mlatnuti, zavaliti (kome).
F.H.B. (skra. od Family Hold Back) ifrovana poruka lanovima
porodice da prestanu sa sam oposluivanjem da bi gosti za
stolom imali ime da se poslue.
fib 1. Sitna la.
2. Laov.
3. Lagati.
fibber Laov; razmetljivac, duvadija.
fiddle GB 1. Varati, lairati. Takode be on the fiddle Uestvovati
u prevari.
2. Prevara.
fiddle about/around GB Gubiti vreme, gluvariti. Slino m onkey
around. Takode fiddler Gluvaro; prevarant. He fid d le d
a ro u n d all week.
fiddle with GB Petljati se sa.
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fiddlefucking Prokleti, jebeni. Not one sw ingin' dick will be
leavin' this fidiefuckin area.
fiddle-sticks! Kojeta!; glupost! Slino bullshit. When I
explained, she only said, Fiddlesticks!
field-day, have a Biti praznik (za koga); imati uspean dan. When
the news gets out, the press will have a field day.
fifth column Peta koiona; petokolonai, izdajnici u sopstvenim
redovima.
fifth wheel Onaj ko dri sveu; neko nepotreban, neto
nepotrebno.
fig, not to care/give a Ne biti ni najmanje briga.
fight to the finish/last ditch Boriti se do kraja.
fight with the gloves o ff estoko se boriti.
fighting drunk Pijan i oran za tuu.
fighting fit Odlinog zdravlja.
fighting talk Izazov, provokacija.
figure o f fun Predmet zavitlavanja.
figure out US Razumeti, ukapirati, skontati, provaliti.
filch Gepiti, zdipiti, maznuti, lapiti. Who filched m y pen?
filcher Sitan lopov.
filching Krada (obi. laka).
filibuster US Opstrukcija (dugim govorom ili insistiranjem na
form alnostim a i proceduri).
fill the bill Odgovarati (svrsi), biti odgovarajui.
filly GB Nestano devoje.
filth; the filth GB Policija, murija.
filthy GB Prebogat, nafatiran, pun ko brod. Slino loaded. *7 tell
you, she's absolutely filthy. *"She's filthy rich."
filthy lucre (Prljavi) novae; prljava zarada.
finders keepers GB Ko nade, njegovo (je).
fine and dandy Odlian.
fine fettle Dobro zdravlje/raspoloenje.
fine w eather for ducks GB Veoma kiovito vreme.
finger 1. lop. Cinkaro, dounik, taster, drukara.
2. lop. Cinkariti, tasterisati, drukati.
3. lop. Deparo.
4. Dodirivati enske genitalije.
5. Prst (mera za alkohol).
6. Podignut srednji prst (uvreda). "I didn't b o ther to say a word,
instead I ju s t gave him the fing er and walked aw ay."
7. get/pull/take o nes finger o ut Prionuti (na posao); poeti s
radom. I think it's about time we pulled o u r fingers out.
8. have ones fingers crossed Drati (kome) paleve. Let's
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finger in the pie 1. Deo odgovornosti.
2. Um eanost u to.
fink US 1. Nitkov, nepouzdana osoba. Slino rat fink; shitheel.
A ll men are brothers, and if you don't give, y o u re kind o f a
fin k .
2. lop. Dounik, taster, potkaziva, cinkaro, drukara. Isto
grass (2); stool pigeon. The guy's a fin k . H e'll tell the cops.
3. (Privatni) detektiv, policajac.
fire aw ay Samo napred; priaj. F ife a w a y !" said I when she
threatened to denounce me.
fire-eater Svadljivac, kavgadija, neustraiv tip, onaj ko je uvek
spreman za raspravu.
fire-w ater estoko pie; rakija, viski. Slino booze,
fireproof Otporan na sram otu/opasnost; nepovrediv.
first-footer Osoba koja prva prede prag posle Nove godine
(kotski obiaj); poloajnik.
first-nighter Posetilac premijera.
fish 1. pogrd. Riba, pika, smrdua, enska.
2. odd/queer fish udan tip.
fish-face Uvredljiv nain obraanja.
fish for complim ents Loviti komplimente.
fish to fry, have other Imati vanijeg/preeg posla.
fishy GB Sumnjiv, problematical nepouzdan. When the
security guard saw a light in the store after closing hours, it
seem ed to him that there was som ething fis h y going on.
fishy about the gills GB Bled, melanholian, mamuran.
fist Rukopis.
fist at, make a (good, bad) Pokuati (s uspehom, neuspeno).
fit 1. Zgodan, privlaan. "That guy at the b a r is fit, / think I'll ask if
he wants a dance."
2.
have a fit Popizdeti, dobiti nervni slom. Slino throw a
fit/hyper; have kittens. M y m other h a d a f it when she heard I
was dating a pusher.
fit as a fiddle Zdrav kao dren.
fit to bust, laugh Pucati/umirati od smeha.
fit to drop Iscrpljen, iznemogao, pao s nogu, baldisao.
fit to turn a dog out, not Grozno vreme, nevreme, kijamet.
five knuckle shuffle Drkanje, runi rad,
fiver 1. 5 funti/dolara, ili novanica od 5 funti/dolara. F o ra five r,
cash, you could ride.
2.
5000 funti. This house is worth a five r.
fix 1. nark. Doza, fiks. Slino blast.
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3. Podmititi.
4. Mito, podmiivanje. He had come up through the ranks o f a
society that was founded on fix.
5. Srediti (koga). Isto settle a persons hash. I'll fix him!
fix ones face Popraviti minku (ene); dunuti" u puder.
fizz 1. am panjac ili bilo koje penuavo pice, (sto bubbly.
2. Neuspeh. Slino fizzle. It was a big fiz', the am bassador
said.
3. full o f fizz Uzbuden.
fizz (along) Brzo otii.
flak 1. estoka kritika, antagonizam, agresija. Isto flack. Theyve
been getting a lo t o f flak from head office recently."
2. Nevolja, problem. Lets n ot have a lo t o f flak about this.
flake US Ustuknuti.
flake out 1. Zaspati usled iscrpljenosti. A fte r twelve hours in that
damn factory all I want to do is come home and flake o u t on
the sofa in front o f the TV.
2. Onesvestiti se.
3. US Napustiti (mesto).
flaked out Iscrpljen; zaspao. There he w as flaked out on his p it I hadn't the heart to wake him.
flak(e)y; flake udan, uvrnut, lud, neodgovoran, nepouzdan,
otkaen; lujka. Slino screwy; w acky. I thin kjo um alists were
quite taken aback when they first m et me around that tim e,"
actress Em ily Watson explains with a smile, because they
expected me to be 19 and Scottish and probably very flaky.
flam e 1. Draga. Obi. old flam e Stara ljubav.
2.
Verbalno nekoga napasti putem i-mejla.
flange Vagina.
flanker, do/play/pull/w ork a Nadmudriti, nasamariti, prevariti.
flannel GB Laskanje, zavodenje; prazne rei. He gave me a load
o f old flannel.
flap, be in a Uzmuvati se, uznemiriti se, uzvrpoljiti se, uspaniiti
se.
flasher Seksualni egzibicionista. The cops hauled in a couple of
flashers from the public library.
flashy Upadljivo dreav, preterano kien, kiast. She dresses too
flashy, and h e r h a ir is too flash y."
flat(-broke) vorc, dekintiran, liht-roze, bez prebijene pare.
...announce that sadly you are flat-broke...
flat-ass Apsolutno, totalno. Some farm ers are absolutely flat-ass
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flat-footed 1. Nespretan, nepripremljen, zateen.
2. vrst, nepopustljiv, odluan.
flathead Budala, krele, dijabola.
flat on o nes ass vorc; go i bos; niko i nita. Isto down and out.
flat out 1. Svom snagom, najveom brzinom. Slino all out; wide
open. The econom y is running fla t o u t and revenues are
pouring in.
2. Direktan, otvoren, nedvosmislen. Tell him fla t o u t what you
think.
3. Spao s nogu, baldisao, iscrpljen.
fleabag; fleahouse, fleatrap 1. Vrea za spavanje; krevet.
2.
US Jeftino prenoite/hotel; neprivlano mesto, buvarnik.
He has transform ed the m otel from the old wayside fle a b a g
into a m ost popular home away from home.
flea-bite Trica, malenkost. Obi. mere flea-bite. I lost 5 at the
races, but th a ts only a flea bite .
flea in ones ear Grdnja, bukvica, ukor.
flea-pit Bedan stan/pozorite/bioskop itd; uderica; buvara.
fleece Operuati, oerupati, opljakati. The M ontenegrins believe
that tourists are ju s t there to be fleeced.
Fleet Street GB tampa, novinarstvo, novinari.
flesh peddler Prostitutka, kurava.
fleshpots Rasko; telesne naslade.
flicks, (the) GB Bioskop, filmovi. "Let's go to the flic k s and watch
that new British blockbuster."
flier, take/com e a Pasti.
flies on him, there are no Brz je i efikasan.
flim flam m er US Prevarant, varalica.
flip out Flipnuti, otkinuti. Slino freak out. He was worried about
his mother. The old lady was flip p in g o u t."
flip ones lid/wig/top 1. Pasti u delirijum/zanos; podilkaniti,
poblesaviti, flipnuti, poandrcati, otkinuti. When Jack saw the
beautiful young secretary; he flip p e d h is lid , i.e. fell in love
with her.
2.
Razljutiti se, pobesneti od ljutine, popizdeti, prekipeti
(kome). When that pushy salesman came back M om really
flip p e d h e r iid .
flip side Druga strana (gramofonske ploe/problema itd). Thats
the good news. The flip s id e is the bad news.
flit 1. Peder, peovan, pea, homi.
2. Budala, glupak, krele.
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flog 1. Ukrasti, maznuti.
2. GB (Pokuati) prodati, utopiti. M otel and bus companies
flog special charter rates.
flog a dead horse ibati lipsala konja, soliti more, raditi neto
besmisleno.
flog the lizard/log/dong/m eat/m utton/the bishop Drkati, amarati majmuna.
floor 1. Patosirati (koga), oboriti (koga) na pod. Slino deck.
2. okirati, iznenaditi. His divorce floored him.
3. on the floor vorc.
floor show Kabaretska predstava.
floozie Mlada ena, devojka (obi. lakog morala). Takode floozy;
floogy; flugie; floosie,
flop 1. Neuspeh, fijasko, orak. Slino bomb. M y great idea was
a total flop.
2. Ne uspeti, propasti. The show flopped, ran one night only.
3. Spavati.
flophouse Jeftino prenoite. Slino flops; chinch pad; fleabag.
I m spending m y nights at the flophouse.
floppy Koji tromo, mlitavo, labavo visi.
flow er power Filozofija hipija; hipi kontrakultura; deca cvea.
It was the era o f euphoria, flower-power, and love fo r all the
world, but in spite o f the excitem ent around him, W ood was
not happy."
flow ery dell zat. elija.
fluff 1. Devojka, kurvica. Videti little bit of fluff.
2. Zaboraviti tekstuloge , napraviti lapsus. Show me an actor
that n e ver fluffed a line.
3. Glupost, besmislica. Thats all fluff.
fluke GB Srean/neoekivan sluaj; ista srea. M y winning was
ju s t a fluke.
fluk(e)y GB Neoekivano sretan. It would have been a very fluky
shot, even if he happened to have the camera in his hand.
flum m ox GB Zbuniti, poremetiti. Fu-M anchu tries to abduct a
m issionary who has flum m oxed his plans in China.
flunk US Pasti (na ispitu itd). He flunked the final but passed the
course.
fly a/the kite 1. Pustiti probni balon.
2. Izdati laan ek.
3. zat. Provercovati pismo u zatvor/iz zatvora.
4.
US go fly a kite Gubi se!; brii!; teraj se!; nosi se!
fly-by-night 1. Nepouzdana osoba; varalica, prevarant.
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fly o ff the handle Razljutiti se, razbesneti se; pui kome film.
Slino lose ones cool,
fly-posting Lepljenje plakata, esto bez dozvole.
fogged Zbunjen, u neprilici. Isto in a fog.
foggiest (notion), not have the Nemati ni pojma (o emu).
fold(-up) Prestati, propasti (obi. biznis). The show folded after
two nights.
folks Ukuani, porodica, rodaci, roditelji.
fo llo w ones nose loi pravo napred.
fool around vrljati (seks).
fool to oneself, be a GB Biti budala, raditi u korist svoje tete;
raditi sebi oglavu.
foot it 1. Plesati.
2. Hodati, giljati. A bus is O K during non-rush-hours if you've
been footing it too long.
3. Zbrisati. Slino beat it. He stopped all o f a sudden and said,
F oo t it, Sonny! F oo t it!
foot-slogger eta, peak.
footer GB Fudbal, fuca (igra).
footsy/fotsie, play 1. GB Dodirivati se nogama (npr. ispod stola).
2.
US Saradivati (obi. nezakonito). Politicians and labour
leaders playing footsie (with each other) while rail services
get steadily worse.
footy Fuca (fudbalska igra i fudbalska lopta)
fo r a song Jeftino, budzato, za d.
fo r good and all Zauvek; i u dobru i u zlu.
fo r it, be in GB Nadrljati, nagrabusiti, obrati bostan. The little brat
w as really in fo r it this time.
fo r keeps Zauvek. Is yo u r man fo r keeps o r ju s t OK for now ?
fo r nuts Iz sale, iz zezanja.
fo r nuts, not Nikako, uopte ne.
fo r Petes sake! GB Zaboga!
fo r real Pravi, autentian. / often wondered if the bastard w as fo r
real.
fo r the cuff Poverljiv.
fo r the hell o f it (Samo) zabave radi; te kta ko ; iz zezanja. Isto
for the heck of it. / ju s t did it fo r the hell o f it.
fo r the high jum p, be Nagrabusiti, nadrljati.
fo r the life o f me, not Nizato na svetu.
fo r the love o f Mike! Zaboga! Isto fo r Petes sake!
fo r the m ost part Uopteno govorei.
force, the Policija; policajac.
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fork Izraditi, nasamariti, zeznuti. Isto fuck; shaft. I hoped he'd
take care o f us, but we got forked
fork out/over/up Platiti; ispljunuti (lovu). Fork up the cash!
fork you! Nosi se! Isto fuck you!
form GB (Kriminalni) dosije. Isto US rap-sheat. Has he got any
form ?'
forty fits, have Uspaniiti se.
forty winks GB Dreme (u toku dana). He caught forty winks
and perked right up.
four eyes Cvikera, ora. Isto four-eyed,
four letter words Eufem. za psovke od etiri slova (fuck, cunt
itd).
fourpenny one GB Udarac, pljuska, amar, uka.
fourth estate, the tampa, novinari.
fox 1. Nadmudriti, prevariti. Slino outfox. He tried to fox me with
that phoney accent, and did.
2.
US Zgodna ena. Shes fox and she knows it too."
fo x y S e k s i, zavodljiva.
fram e sb up Namestiti, smestiti kome. They couldn't get him
legally, so they fram ed him up with a phony burglary charge.
fram e-up US Zavera, lana optuba, nametaljka. I ll prove to you
it's a frame-up.
framed, be US Lano optuen/okrivljen; kada je kome
nameteno.
frazzle, to a Do iznemoglosti, do krajnosti. A fte r the m arathon I
was beat to a frazzle.
freak 1. Frik, udak; perverznjak, osoba neobinih seksualnih
sklonosti.
2. Zaludenik.
freak (out/up) Otkaiti, odlepiti, flipnuti, otkinuti. I told h e r I was
leaving home and she freaked completely.
free agent Slobodan strelac, slobodnjak.
free and easy Lagodan, oputen, neformalan.
free ticket Sloboda akcije (obi. zabranjene), odreene ruke.
He thinks the uniform gives him a free ticket to be a shitheel.
freeioad iveti parazitski. Isto sponge,
freeloader Parazit. Isto moocher; sponger. Congressmen are
great free-loaders.
French Puiti, lizati (seks). In England... we call... cunt-licking
Frenching.
French kiss Dubok poljubac, krljanje. We were French kissing
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French leave Odlazak/odsustvo bez dozvole; neprimetan
odlazak.
French letter Kondom, kurton.
fresh 1. Bezobrazan, drzak. Slino cheeky. Don't be fresh to
yo u r Mom m a o r Ill belt you one.
2. US Super, do jaja. Slino cool. Hey, check the fresh car!"
fresh-face Novajlija.
fresher; freshman Novajlija, bruco.
fret ones gizzard/guts Jesti se, derati se.
frig 1. Jebati (eufem. od fuck). A n d what about the rent?" - Frig
the rent.
2. Drkati.
3. Varati. Slino diddle; shaft.
frig about/around Gluvariti, dokoliiti, jebati ale, muvati se okolo.
frig off! Odjebi!; nosi se!
frigging Eufem. od fucking (jai izraz od bloody, slabiji od
fucking). Get yo u r frigging feet o ff m y chair!
fright Uas, horor. Odatle look a fright Izgledati uasno/grozno.
She looks a fright in that old black dress.
frillies enski donji ve.
fringe GB Perifema, neoficijelna mala pozorita.
frisk GB Pretraiti (kome) depove, vriti (linu) premetainu.
Raise yo u r hands high, frisk him.
Frog; Froggie (ili -y) GB pogrd. Francuz. M y dad was in France
during the last war. He knows those Frogs.
frog in the throat, have a Biti promukao.
frost GB Neuspeh, fijasko, orak. M y idea was a dism al frost.
frozen mit(t), the Odbacivanje.
fruit Peder, pea, peko, derpe.
fruitcake 1. Krele, dileja, lujka. Slino nut. Some fruitcake put
salt in the sug ar bowl.
2. US Peder, derpe. Isto fruit(er).
fruity 1. GB Soan, golicav, kakljiv (jezik/ala itd.).
2. US udan. Slino nutty; weird.
3. Pederast. Slino gay.
4. Lak.
fuck 1. Jebati.
2. Jebanje, jebaina.
3. Jebi ga! "W hat the fuck do you think you're doing?"
4. Sjebati, ruinirati, pokvariti. "You'll fuck it if you don't take
more care."
5. Seksualni partner. "He's a good fuck."
6. Kreten, idiot, krele.
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8. US in the middle of the but fuck U vukojebini/zabiti, bogu
iza nogu.
9. d ont give a fuck Boleti kurac (za to). I d o n t give a fuck,
I ju s t nod along like I m interested.
fuck about/around Gluvariti, dokoliiti, dabalebariti, jebavati ale.
Slino mess around. O K let's stop fucking around and get
down to work.
fuck all GB Nita, ili gotovo nita. Slino zilch. Videti FA. He
walked aw ay with two hundred thousand and got fuck-ail"
fuck around (with) Petljati se (sa); zajebavati se (sa). D on't fuck
around with me all the tim e! Give me a break.
fuck-face Pederina, kreten, idiot, moron,
fuck it! Jebiga!
fuck like a bunny/mink Jebe se kao zeica; kara se kao tuka.
fuck like a rattlesnake Jebe kao maina.
fuck me! 1. Uzvik iznenadenja ili zaprepaenja.
2. Jebozovan (obi. odea). "She looked across the room at
me with those fuck m e eyes, how could I resist!"
fuck me outfit US Izazovno/upadljivo oblaenje.
fuck me shoes US Visoke tikle.
fuck off Odjebi!; gubi se!; zajebi radnju! Why don't you ju s t fuck
off?"
fuck ones mind Sjebati koga u glavu, sjebati kome znanje,
isprati kome mozak.
fuck sb's brains out Jebati iz sve snage, razvaliti od kurca,
razjebati.
fuck sb off estoko koga nervirati, ioi kome na ganglije.
fuck the dog Gluvariti, besposliiti, jebati ale.
fuck up Sjebati, zasrati, skenjati. They fucked the experim ent
totally.
fuck-up 1. Zajeban tip.
2. Zbrka, haos. "My wedding day was a total fuck up, right
from when I was found groping one o f the bridesm aids."
fuck you! Jebi se!; ko te jebe!
fuckable Jebozovan.
fucked 1. Poraen, na gubitku. I'm feeling fu cked.
2.
Sjeban, uniten. Isto fucked up. This typew riter is
com pletely fucked
fucked up 1. Sjeban, uniten.
2.
Rastrojen, poludeo.
fucker 1. Grub ali obino pozitivan nadimak. Slino bastard;
devil. The p o o r fucker n e ver stood a chance.
2. Pederina, moron, budala, krele. Slino bastard. A nd the
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3.
Jebada, krajnje neprijatan dogaaj, neto krajnje neprijatno.
"Crashing m y c a r was a real fucker."
fucking 1. Jebanje.
2. Prokleti, jebeni (poja. znaenje). Slino damn. Get that
fucking idiot out o f here!
fuckpig US Kreten, idiot, moron,
fuckw it Kreten, idiot, moron.
full monty, (the) 1. Do gole koe. "No we didn't do the full
m o n ty but I think next time I can persuade he r."
2. Ako je neto the full monty, to je neto najkompletnije
mogue. Their wedding was magnificent, with a champagne
reception, three-course dinner and a band - the full m onty.
full blast, (at/in) Punom brzinom, svom snagom, punom parom.
full o f beans GB Pun energije, iva vatra, energian. The old
m a n s full o f beans and bitching up a storm.
full o f shit Mnogo sere/lae; govnar. Isto full o f it; full o f bull;
full o f crap. * You're full o f shit, you liar! *Tm not listening to
you anymore, you're full o f shit."
full up Krcat, dupke pun.
fun and games 1. GB Zabava, igrarija (esto iron). His jo b looks
like constant fun and games.
2. Tegoban/m uan posao.
3. Seksualni odnos.
funds 1. Novae.
2. in funds Imati novca.
funeral Odgovornost. It's his own funeral
funk GB 1. Strah; depresija; panika. Slino the blues. He paled
and fell into a funk.
2. Uplaiti se. She would have won, but suddenly funked.
funk-hole Sigurno utoite, sklonite.
funnies, the Strip. Isto comics,
funny bone Lakatna kost.
funny business 1. Sumnjiva rabota, marifetluci.
2. Glupavo ponaanje.
funny farm /house Ludnica, ludara, dilkarnica. They m ust all
have died in flophouses o r on state funnyfarms."
funny m oney Lani/falsikovani novae,
fuss-pot GB Stalno uzrujana, nervozna osoba, nervik.
futz US 1. Pika.
2. Neprijatan tip. Slino alter kocker. Inside o f every Am eri
can... is a scrawny, twanging old futz like m e .
3. Gluvariti, dokoliiti, gubiti vreme.
futz with Sjebati, pokvariti. Slino fuck up. W hat is clear is that
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(the) fuzz 1. Policija, murija. You're more likely to be dam aged
perm anently in a tangle with the American fuzz though, if you
see what I mean.
2.
Sigurna stvar, izvesnost.
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G-string Krajnje mali deo odee koji pokriva intimne delove tela
(igraa u nonim klubovima, striptizete); tanga.
gab 1. Reitost, blagoglagoljivost.
2. Brbljanje, eretanje. Vidi gift o f the gab.
gabber Brbljivac. Isto gasbag; motormouth.
gabble Brbljanje, blebetanje.
gadget GB Napravica, spravica, stvarica, patent, mali automat.
Slino thingamajig.
gaff, blow the GB Provaliti/otkriti tajnu.
gaffer 1. Stari(na), starkelja, ilager, matori. Slino gamm er. Look
at that g a ffe r trying to stand on his head.
2. GB Sef, glavni. If I were you I d go and fetch the ga ffe r,
h e s the only one who knows w hats going o n .
3. Otac, stari. Slino old man.
gag 1. GB Geg, ala.
2. Prevara, la, smicalica.
3. Prositi, moliti, preklinjati.
4. Spreiti koga da javno govori ili pie.
gagging for it Biti napaljen na to. Isto arching for it; begging
fo r it. Look at the bird o ve r there, she looks like sh e s g a g g in g
f o r it.
gagging for sth Umirati (od elje) za ime. "I'm g a g g in g f o r a
night o f vigorous, sweaty, dancing."
gaga GB aav, luckast, senilan, nije ist.
2.
go gaga Odlepiti (za kim/ime). She's gone com pletely
ga ga ove r this appalling creep."
gal Cura, devojka, ena. S hes a good g a i, dont you think?
gall Drskost, arogancija. Slino chutzpah. How do you like the
g a ii o f those Aussies.
galley-w est Zbunjen, u konfuziji/haosu. Slino fucked up. The
whole place was g a lle y -w e s t when we got there.
game, on the GB Biti na ulici, kurvati se. Odatle game
Prostitutka, kurva.
gam e not worth the candle Nije vredno truda.
g am es up, the Igri je kraj, gotovo je; sve je provaljeno.
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gamp GB Kiobran, kiobranina.
gander, take a Baciti pogled, baciti dikana, luknuti. W ant to
g an d er at TV for a white?
gang-raped/-bang/-fuck/-shag Uzastopni seksualni odnosi vie
mukaraca sa istom enom, redaljka; orgija, grupni seks.
Slino train. We all ended up in a big profitable gang-bang.
gangbusters US Neto izvrsno, sjajno, impresivno; veliki hit,
megahit. Slino hit. Hey you know, that set they played was
gangbusters1.
gang up (on) Ujediniti se (protiv koga). The nonaligned nations
ganged up on Sri Lanka.
gangway! Prolaz!; sklanjaj se (da drugi produ)!
ganja; ganga; gunja nark. Ganda, vutra, marihuana, trava.
gannet GB Pohlepna, prodrljiva osoba. If yo u ve got any sense
yo u ll keep the best s tu ff aw ay from those gannets.
gaol-bird GB Onaj ko je esto u zatvoru; zatvorska ptiica.
gap-toothed Retkih zuba, krezub.
garage sale Prodaja robe iz garae. Slino carboot sale; jum ble
sale.
garbanzos Sise, sifoni.
gargle Pie (pivo itd). Ill have some gargle, if you don't mind, sir.
gas 1. Blebetati.
2. Blebetanje, naklapanje. Siino bullshit. M ost o f what I say
is pure gas, m y friend.
3. Benzin, gorivo.
4. step on the gas (Do)dati gas, nagariti, nagaziti.
5. a gas US Strava stvar, neto izuzetno zanimljivo ili zabavno.
So I have to take 20 children to the cinema to watch a fairy
story on film. Thats sure to be a real gas.
gas and gaiters Gluposti.
gas sth up Uiniti da stvari budu interesantnije, uzbudljivije itd;
uneti malo meka. Isto jazz sth up. W arner brothers has been
around to gas things up a little.
gasbag Blebetalo, brbljivac. Slino windbag,
gash GB 1. Dostupan.
2. Atraktivan, impresivan.
3. Beskoristan. There's nothing in there but a pile o f gash
tapes.
4. enske genitalije. D o n t you ever think o f anything but
gash?
5. ena; kurva; pika, riba. Is there any gash around?
gas man Novinar, publicista. Isto flack.
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gasping Umirati od elje (za ime). "I'm g a s p in g fo ra shag."
gassed alk. Pod gasom, pijan, naliven.
gawd! GB Boe!
gawk; gawp Zuriti, buljiti, piljiti. D o nt g a w k at it, do som ething!
gay Homoseksualac, gej.
gay as a row o f pink tents Napaljeni homoseksualac.
gay old Veoma ugodan.
gay old dog ivahni starkelja, ilager.
gayness Homoseksualnost.
gazum p GB Povisiti ve pogodenu cenu (nekretnine). be
gazumped Biti tako izigran.
gazungas Sise, sifoni.
GBM (skra. od gay black man) g. Tamnoputi homoseksualac.
gear 1. a) Droga, gudra, roba (obi. marihuana ili heroin). *Got
any gear, m an ? *"Andy said he 'd bring over some g e a r for
the party, that's if he hasn't already taken it all."
b) nark. Pribor za fiksanje.
2. Roba.
3. Moderna odea, krpe.
4. GB Izvrstan, prvoklasan, sjajan, super. They are g e a ri The
Beatles leave fo r London after their trium phant tour o f
Sweden.
5. Pederast.
geared (up) Pripravan, spreman, uzbuden. I m g e a rin g m yself for
the big chance.
gee(-gee) GB (Trkaki) konj. I lost thirty quid on the gee-gees
geek 1. US Budala, glupak, krele. Slino creep.
2. Lujka, otkaen tip. Slino weirdo.
3. Zaludenik, frik. Slino nerd.
4. Pervert, perverznjak.
5. Pijanica, ispiutura. Slino lush.
geeky Otkaen. But it was another character, Wayne Campbell,
an endearingly g e e k y heavy-m etal fan with his own cable
show, who was the vehicle fo r M yers's first film h it.
geezer; geeser; geyser GB 1. (udan) ovek, tip. Slino duffer;
guy. Videti dodgy geezer. He is a tall g e e ze r with chin
whiskers.
2. Matorac, ia.
3. m y old geezer Moja ena/stara.
gefuffle GB (Nepotrebna) zbrka, panika, konfuzija, frka. Isto
kerfuffle; cufuffle.
gel GB Devojka, gimnazijalka.
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gemini! Bogati'; ta kae!
gen GB 1. Informacije. He gave me all the gen on the new office
arrangem ents which were m ade while I was away.
2. (all) genned-up Dobro obaveten, upuen (u).
gen up (on) Informisati, uputiti (u). Slino gen oneself up. We
genned him up before leaving.
gent GB (obi. podsmeljivo) Dentlmen, gospodin, tip. Slino
guy.
gents, the GB Javni WC za mukarce.
gentleman of fortune GB Kriminalac.
gentlem ans gent(lem an) GB Novanik.
Geordie; geordie GB Stanovnik regije oko reke Tajn s Njukaslom
kao sreditem.
george GB 1. Klonja, WC.
2. Autom atski pilot (u avionu).
gertcher! GB Uzvik prezira.
get; git Budala, idiot, krelac, krele.
get a build on nark. Zarolati doint.
get a body US lop. Ubiti, ucmekati, ukokati.
get/have a free ride Dobiti neto besplatno; lepati se. She'll take
a tree ride whenever she can get one.
get a grip Doi k sebi, opasuljiti se.
get a kick out o f Uivati, odlepiti, super se provoditi. I sure g e t a
kick out o f the way you guys k id each other along.
get a life US 1. ivi ivot!; uivaj malo u ivotu; ivni bre malo;
otkai se. D avid B o w ke rw a s told by a fan to g et a fife, and
enjoy it. But this weeks challenge, to be happy, was too
much.
2. zat. Biti osuden na doivotnu robiju.
get a m ove/wiggle on 1. Odmah krenuti.
2. Pouriti. Slino get going. Tell him to damn well g et a
wiggle on.
get a piece o f tail Pojebati neto, karnuti.
get a rift/rush/hustle on GB Pouriti.
get about/around Dosta putovati, smucati se.
get above oneself Uobraziti se, dii nos.
get along with you! Ma hajde!
get aw ay (with) 1. Uspeti izvui se (obi. nepoteno, neoekivano). I didn't g et aw ay with hassling the committee.
2. Isto to i get along with you.
get burned estoko pogreiti, opei se.
get by Proi, provui se, uspeti. Slino make out. We were barely
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get cracking/cutting GB Prihvatiti se posla.

get cracking! Pouri!
get down (to it) Prionuti (na posao). Let's g et down. There's tons
o f s tu ff to do!
get hitched Oeniti se.
get it Shvatiti, razumeti, ukapirati. "I don't g et it. W hat do you
m ean?"
get it (in the neck) Dobiti po glavi, biti kanjen. The p o o r wimp
g o t it in the neck again.
get laid Potucati, povaliti. Now the Com m ander clearly wasnt
someone you could bung 50 quid o r take to a nightclub and
g et laid.
get leggless Obeznaniti se od pica,'
get lost! Gubi se!
get lucky Posreiti se; kresnuti, povaliti. He g o t lucky at the
fam ily reunion.
get me? Kapira?
get stuffed! GB Nosi se! Slino fuck you!
get off with GB Upoznati se sa, spetljati se sa.
get off, I told him where to GB Oitao sam mu (bukvicu).
get o ff ones back/neck Skinuti se kome s vrata/leda. A ll they
need is fo r Governm ent to g et o ff their backs.
get off on the wrong foot Otpoeti lose,"
get o ff ones chest Olakati se, rei to je na srcu.
get on ones wick/tits GB Nervirati, ioi na ivce, ii na kurac.
It really gets on m y tits when someone calls me a career
woman.
get ones act/head/shit together Organizovati se, sabrati se;
odluiti se. You know you really should try and g et yo u r head
together if you intend to carry on in this business.
get ones end away/in GB Tucati, umoiti. It was the place in the
town for getting o n e s end in, they said, and it was naturally
very crowded.
get ones eye in Upoznati se.
get ones feet/foot in (ili under the table) Uvrstiti svoju poziciju.
get ones goat/nanny Ioi na nerve/jetru. His bitching gets m y
goats sometimes.
get ones hand in Upoznati se.
get ones leg across/over 1. Zavesti.
2. Imati se kssa , zaskoiti. In 1960, the im probably-faced
country singer, Lyle Lovett, was born. Against all odds, he leter
g o t his leg o ver Julia Roberts.
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get o nes rag out Razljutiti se, razbesneti se.
get ones rocks (off) 1. Pojebati, staviti pod jaja. Takode get
ones nuts off. If he doesn't g et his rocks o ff soon, he'll get
violent, he says.
2. Zadovoljiti. "Last ye a r I did 17 concerts in Asia... In Beijing,
fo r the Chinese people to g et their rocks o ff was
extraordinary.
get ones shit together Sabrati se, organizovati se; odluiti se
vejed nom . Slino have ones ducks in a row.
get ones teeth into Zagristi. John finally g o t his teeth into the
project, and finished it in 5 days.
get out o f bed on the wrong side Ustati na levu nogu.
get real! Nemoj da si naivan!; budi realan! "I'm going to Las
Vegas. I know I'll win a lo t o f m oney!" - "Get real! You'll
probably lose a lo t o f m oney!"
get shot/shut o f Otarasiti se.
get stuffed! Nosi se!; goni se!
get the boot/bullet Dobiti nogu, biti najuren. He g o t the boot
from his jo b and his girl both.
get the horn Seksualno se uzbuditi.
get the m essage Shvatiti, ukapirati, skontati.
get the m onkey off ili o ff ones back nark. Skinuti se s droge.
get the needle Izgubiti ivce.
get the read on sb Provaliti koga (u kom je fazonu).
get the w orst o f it Izvui deblji kraj.
get there Uspeti.
get-together Skup, okupljanje, zabava, parti,
get up and go Energija, snaga. "I'm really tired. I don't have any
g et up an d g o ."
get weaving Zapoeti, prionuti na posao.
get w ise Shvatiti, razumeti, opametiti se. I hope you 'll g e t wise
and learn to keep yo u r mouth shut.
get wood Dii se (kome).
ghost zat. Prebaciti zatvorenika nou izje d n o g u drugi zatvor.
ghost o f a (chance, etc.), not the Ni najmanjeg izgleda, nikakve
anse.
Gib GB Gibraltar.
giddy goat, play the Izigravati budalu.
gift o f the gab GB Reitost, blagoglagoljivost.
gig 1. muz. Svirka, gaa. Slino jam session. These lads are
professional m usicians and gigs are their bread and butter.
2. Vagina; mar.
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gigolo igolo.
gilt-edged Pouzdan, siguran.
gim p 1. Bogalj. Isto gimpy. Slino crip. H e'd ju s t kick a gim p in
the good leg and leave him lay.
2.
Budala, krele.
gim m e = give (it) to me
gim m ick Neto efektno, trik, tos, fazon. Slino gaff. A new
gim m ick, infra-red contact lenses which... enabled a card
p laye r to read m arkings on the back o f cards.
gin and it Din sa italijanskim vermutom.
gin and Jag(uar) GB 1. Skorojevi.
2.
Elitna stambena etvrt.
gin sling Ledeni napitak (din, eer i voni sok); eri-brendi.
gin palace Kiarski uradena gradevina; kiarski uredena
prostorija.
ginger GB Pea, peko, topli brat,
ginger group Aktivistika grupa.
ginger pop GB Pivo od dumbira.
gink GB Dave, gua, smara, smor.
gip 1. Gepiti, ukrasti, maznuti, lapiti.
2.
Prevariti, obmanuti.
girlie-m ag(azine) llustrovana publikacija s mnogo golotinje,
porno asopis.
git GB Bezveznjak, slepac, krele, moron, idiot, krele.
give a (big) hand Aplaudirati (iz sve snage).
give head (ili good head) Puiti, lizati (seks). Isto suck. Not that
Linda has anything against bailing customers... but she ju s t
loves to give head.
give me a break Ma, pusti me na miru; skini mi se; o ladi. Give
me a break. If Im the one in charge, then why are you trying
to make all the decisions?
give a miss Promaiti; ignorisati; izostaviti, preskoiti.
give a ring/tinkle Telefonirati, zvrcnuti, cimnuti.
give one a talking to Ukoriti, izgrditi koga.
give sb a ride Nasamariti, izvozati koga.
give sb one Pojebati, iskarati. He hopes to give h e r one tonight.
give sb stick GB Daviti, gnjaviti, drati vakelu, popovati.
give sb/sth the once-over Gledati ispitivaki, odmeravati; temeljno pregledati. Isto check out. *That guy in the corner is giving
us the once-over. *1 gave he r papers the once-over and
figured she qualified.
give sb the works Lose postupiti prema kome; prebiti koga, propustiti ga kroz sake. Isto clobber; w ork sb over. They took
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give sth the chop Eliminisati to. Isto cut. A vast trade and
business complex... w as given the chop.
give sth the deep six Odbaciti, dati dvojku, dvojkirati, otkaiti.
They gave those files the deep six.
give the gam e aw ay Otkriti, izbrbijati tajnu.
giver Radodajka.
gizzard 1. eludac.
2. fre t o nes gizzard Izjedati se, derati se, sekirati se.
3. stick in o nes gizzard Zapeti u grlu, biti neugodno/nelagodno/neprihvatljivo. It sticks in m y gizzard to tell him his work is
bad a fte r all his efforts.
glad eye, give one the Oijukati s kime, namigivati kome, zavoditi
koga pogledom. She gave m e the glad eye and I w ondered
w hat she h ad been up to now.
glad rags Sveano/najbolje odelo; veernje odelo. L e ts g et o u r
glad rags on, darling; we're going to be late fo r dinner.
glam oneself up Nacifrati se, skockati se. Takode get your self
glammed up Doteraj se najbolje to moe.
glam our girl/pants/puss Lepotica (obi. film ska zvezda); starleta.
glasshouse GB voj. Vojni zatvor, staklara.
glim m er(ing), not a Ni trunke, nimalo. N o t a g lim m er o f sense.
glitter Svetlucava kozmetika.
glitterati Poznate i glam urozne osobe, zvezde.
glock, a US Prangija, utoka, puca, toljpi. N o w I g o t aglock,
m aking m otherfuckers duck.
gloss off, take the Umanjiti sjaj/dra (ega).
glossy US Skup asopis (tampan na sjajnom papiru). Slino
slick.
gnats pee/piss 1. Loe pivo.
2. like gnats pee/piss Neukusan.
3. have blood like gnats piss Prestraviti se.
go 1. Moderno, poslednji krik, in, trendi, u fazonu. These shirts
are all the go now.
2. Pokuaj. Slino crack; whack. She gave it a good go, and
m ade it.
3. Uspeh.
4. Energija; inicijativa.
5. Rasprava, svada. She had a b it o f a go with him, and
w ouldnt speak to him fo r a week.
go all out lef svom snagom, punom parom, zapeti.
go (all) to pieces Propasti, raspasti se, pui, odlepiti.
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go ape for/over Napalili se, naloiti se na (koga); biti opsednut
(kime/ime). E ve ryo n e we m et, e x p e rie n c e d n a tiv e a n d gre en
to u ris t a like , w e n t ape f o r it.
go ballistic Pobesneti, podivljati, razgoropaditi se. He w e n t
b a llis tic , te rrify in g the w o m en a n d k e e p in g the m im p ris o n e d
f o r fiv e h o u rs , the c o u rt w as told .
go bananas Poandrcati, skrenuti, odlepiti, iznuti.
go cold (on) Izgubiti entuzijazam (za), ohladiti se; izai iz fazona.
go cold turkey n a rk. Krizirati; skidati se s droge nasuvo; biti u
zikri.
go down 1. Imati uinka, biti dobro primljen. The e v e n t w e n t
d o w n v e ry w ell.
2. Napustiti fakultet na kraju semestra.
3. Zavriti (pozorinu predstavu).
4. lo p . Ioi u zatvor. W hen tw o o h he M o b h e a d s w e n t dow n,
the o th e rs to o k care o f th e ir fa m ilie s.
5. Roditi dete.
go down on sb Puiti, lizati (seks). ...b u t a fte r h is th ird o rg a sm
he w e n t d o w n on m e a n d I c o u ld n t h o ld b a ck.
go down with Naii na odobravanje (kod koga).
go easy Kontrolisati se, suzdrati se. Go easy, fe llo w , he was
j u s t jiv in g .
go easy on sb Biti blagonaklon prema kome. W h y d o the ju d g e s
g o s o e a s y o n the se p e rv e rts ?
go for broke US Ii na sve ili nita.
go for it! Samo napred!; samo hrabro! W ill we p la y i t safe , o r g o
to r if?
go-getter iva vatra, energina osoba, ' udarnik". Slino winner,
go-go Dinamian, energian, poletan (naroito u biznisu i trgovini). *R e lig io n is a re a lly g o -g o g ro w th in d u s try the se days.
* J a p a n s g o -g o e n tre p re n e u rs can tu rn th e ir o p e ra tio n s in to
the n e w G oliaths.
go, have a Pokuati.
go home Istroiti se; dokrajiti se. I th in k the c a r's g o in g ho m e.
go of, make a Uspeti.
go off the deep end 1. Razbesneti se, razljutiti se. Slino blow
o nes top.
2.
Doiveti nervni slom. The o ld la d y j u s t w e n t o f f the deep
e n d a fte r h e r fa m ily d ie d in th a t c a r crash .
go on 1 . Voleti, ceniti; paliti se, loiti se. I d o n t g o m u c h o n ru g b y .
2.
Nastaviti.
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go over the top Prekardaiti, prevriti meru. Vidi O.T.T.
go past oneself Biti izvan ijih mogunosti.
go places 1. Mnogo putovati, smucati se.
2. Imati uspeha, biti uspean. H e d got a bit o f m oney behind
him now, and he was reaiiy going places.
go potty Poludeti, iznuti, poblesaviti. Tabloids w ent p o tty when
Princ Charles adm itted to talking to his plants in 1986. "
go slow 1. Namerno raditi sporo.
2. go-slow Beli trajk (kada se namerno radi sporo).
go spare Razljutiti se, pobesneti. She'll go spare when she finds
h e r best vase broken.
go steady (with) Furati na due staze, imati ozbiljnu vezu.
go the rounds Cirkulisati, kruiti.
go the w hole hog lei do kraja.
go through the motions Pretvarati se, folirati se.
go tits up 1. Umreti, odapeti, pandrknuti.
2. Propasti, raspasti se. *H e rfirm w ent tits up after the stock
m arket crash. * Nick's devious plan w ent tits up when his
colleagues discovered the facts.
3. Pasti. I w ent tits up on that ice on the path.
go to blazes/hell/Jericho/Halifax/the devil! Gubi se!
go to pieces Vidi go (all) to pieces,
go to pot Postati neupotrebljiv, propasti, krahirati.
go to the bad/dogs Propasti, krahirati, riknuti naisto.
go to the country Odrati opte izbore.
go to town Veseliti se, slaviti, praviti lumperaj, ioi u zezanje.
go under Ne uspeti, podbaciti; propasti, bankrotirati (biznis). She
has so m any worries, sh e s sure to go under.
go up in sm oke Nestati, ispariti, propasti.
go up in the air Razljutiti se, razbesneti se.
go w est 1. Nestati.
2. Postati neupotrebljiv.
go w hile the goings good Dejstvovati dok su prilike povoljne.
goalie; goalee GB Golman.
goat, get ones Ioi na nerve, ivcirati.
goat, act/play the (giddy) Izigravati budalu.
gob 1. GB Usta, gubica, kijun. Shut yo u r gob!
2. Pljunuti. Gob on you, cause I hate yo u r guts...
3. US Mornar.
gobstopper GB Veliki lepljiv slatki.
gob and rub Drkati, bacati ga u nesvest.
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gobbler 1. Jeba.
2. Puika.
2. Homi.
God-awful Grozan, odvratan. I heard the m ost G o d -a w fu l racket
above m y head.
god-box Crkva.
God knows Ne znam; ko to zna.
gods, the Galerija (pozorite).
goer 1. (Seksualno) aktivna i zainteresovana osoba.
2. Lukava osoba (obi. ena).
goggle Zuriti, buljiti, piljiti.
goggle-box GB Televizor. Vidi idiot-box.
goggles Naoari, cvikeri, dozluci.
going-aw ay dress Haljina u kojoj nevesta polazi na medeni
mesec.
going concern Uspean poduhvat/posao.
going spare Lako dostupan.
goings good, w hile the Dok su prilike povoljne. US (beat it)
w hile beatings good,
goings-on Deavanja, zbivanja (obi. neobina, runa ili neprijatna); rabota. There w as shouting, and loud music, and all sorts
o f g o in g s -o n I cant describe!
gold-brick US 1. Zabuavati.
2. Zabuant.
3. Prevara.
4. Varati.
5. sell sb a gold-brick Prodavati muda za bubrege.
golden bollocks Odnosi se na mukarca koji ima sree u ljubavi i
na kartama.
golden bullet nark. Zlatni metak; namerno predoziranje sa
sam oubilakom namerom.
golf w idow hum. ena iji mu preesto igra golf,
golly! GB O, boe!; Isuse! Slino gosh. G o lly, Mom, did you
really win it?
gone 1. Trudna, u drugom stanju, zaglavila, zakevila.
2. nark. Nadrogiran.
3. Sjajan, super, kul. Slino cool, a real g o n e chick.
gone and done it Uinjeno, i taka (neto lose)T
gone fo r a Burton Otiao dodavola/bestraga; upropaen;
izgubljen; pokvaren, ne funkcionie viseT *lfyou want me to do
all that extra work, well, thats m y weekend g o n e f o r a
B u rto n .4'm afraid we can't watch the football m atch tonight,
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gone on/over Zaljubljen, zatreskan u (koga/to). I was so gone
o ver her.
goner Propao ovek, propalitet; ugasio; propala stvar. Slino
dead duck,
gong GB Medalja, odlikovanje.
gonk Krele, dileja.
goo Bilo koja lepljiva materija. Slino glop; gunk,
goob US Moron, krele. Isto nerd; jerk.
good egg Pozitivac, strejta. Suprotno bad egg. Henry Fonda
frequently was cast as the good egg.
good deal/few, a Dosta, mnogo.
good fo r nothing 1. Beskoristan.
2. Nitarija, nikogovi.
good form U skladu s prihvaenim drutvenim konvencijama.
good gracious (me)! GB Nebesa!; sveti boe!; blagi boe!
good hunting! Sreno!; dobar ulov! (u poslovanju).
good la y e n a dobra u seksu, polegua.
good-looker Atraktivna osoba; zgodna ena; neto privlano.
Slino looker. Is she a good looker?
good shit 1. nark. Kvalitetna roba/droga; kvalitetna marihuana/
heroin. Man, this is good shit. W here'd you get it?
2. Dobra stvar, bilo ta prijatno. This place is real good shit,
aint it?
goodfella US lop. Gangster, mafija, mafioza. Isto wiseguy.
goodie 1. Dobra stvar, neto dobro/poeljno.
2. Pozitivac (obi. u filmu ili u prii). Isto goody. Its much
easier to make a girl a baddie than a goodie.
goody two-shoes Dobrica; enska osoba toliko dobra da je
glupa. Isto goody-goody,
goof 1. Budala, glupan, dalabu. Slino boob; klutz. He's a goof,
but harmless.
2. Mladic (sa kojim se devojka zabavlja).
3. US Napraviti gaf, pogreiti. You goofed again, it s a
one-w ay street.
goofy Opien, nema sve koze na broju.
goo-goo eyes Buljave oi.
gook US pogrd. Koreanac, Vjetnamac, Kinez. Slino slope. It
was there that I first heard o f dinks, slopes, and gooks.
goolies; ghoulies GB 1. Muda.
2.
drop a goolie/bollock Napraviti gaf, pogreiti.
goom ba(h) ili goom bar ///gum bah 1. (Pouzdani) prijatelj ili
poslovni partner.
2. Mafija. "Tony Soprano is a goom ba whos m ore at ease
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goon 1. Glupak, bezveznjak, dalabu, krele, dileja. Slino jerk; pill.

"The brain-m ashed punk goon that was Sid Vicious would
have celebrated his 42nd birthday today."
2. Tabadija, siledija; plaeni ubica. "Twenty o r thirty goons
spilled out o f the club, and in less than h a lf an h o ur they had
forced Gotti's would-be assailant into a car."
goon(e)y US Budala, dileja, krele.
goop(y) Budalasto. Slino gooey. Theres no way to talk about
that without sounding goopy.
goose, not say boo to a Bojaljiv, stidljiv.
goose-step Paradni (pruski) korak.
gormless GB Glup, praznoglav. Slino dumb,
gosh! GB Bogamil; boe!; zaboga!
got up to kill ili to the nines GB Nacifran, napirlitan, skockan.
gowk GB Idiot, krele, dalabu.
grab Odgovarati, svidati se, impresionirati. Odatle how does that
grab you? Kako ti se ovo (ideja itd.) svida?
grab a bite Prezalogajiti, baciti neto u kljun. "I'm really hungry.
W ould you like to grab a bite with m e?"
grade, make the 1. Uspeti. He m ade the grade as a lawyer.
2. Biti na nivou. His work ju s t didn't m ake the grade.
gradel(e)y Veoma dobro, kompletno.
graft 1. GB (Teak) rad; kuluk. Slino game; racket. esto
hard graft Dirinenje.
2. Naporno raditi.
3. US Korupcija, mito, podmiivanje, nepotena zarada.
grafter 1. Radnik koji naporno radi.
2. US Korumpiran inovnik/politiar; sitan kriminalac; diler
droge; varalica; prevarant.
grand, a 1. Hiljadu dolara/funti, hiljadarka. Isto G.
2.
do a grand Izgubiti hiljadarku.
grapevine 1. Nezvanian. Obi. on the grape-vine Nezvanian,
nezakonit. I heard it on the grapevine.
2.
the grapevine Glasina, tra, radio Mileva. *The grapevine
says w ere m oving soon. *1 heard it through the grapevine.
grasp the nettle Uhvatiti bika za rogove, odluno se prihvatiti
zadatka, hrabro se upustiti u reavanje problema.
grass 1. nark. Trava, marihuana. Isto grass weed; pot. Scoring
grass here is easier than buying a lo a f o f bread.
2. G B Iop. Dounik, potkaziva, cinkaro, taster, drukara. Vidi
supergrass. Don't tell John about this, he's a grass and I
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grass (sb) up GB lop. Potkazati, otkucati, tasterisati, drukati. Isto
grass on sb. Vidi supergrass. Anyhow It was a dirty trick
g ra s s in g his pals.
grasser lop. Dounik, potkaziva, cinkaro, taster, drukara.
graveyard Sumoran, neraspoloen.
graveyard cough Kaalj za groblje, smrtonosan kaalj.
gravy Laka lova.
gray mare Supruga.
graze, put out to Isto to i put out to grass. Vidi grass (3).
grease 1. Laskati.
2. US lop. Ubiti, upucati, ucmekati. One move and we g re ase
yo u r friend.
3. US Lova. If we had some g re ase we could hit the town this
weekend.
4. Mito.
5. Uticaj, veza. Slino pull. You cant get a jo b here without
plenty o f grease.
grease the w heels Podmititi, podmazati.
greased lightning, like Munjevito.
greaser 1. US pogrd. panac, M eksikanac ili Mediteranac.
2. Uvlaka, ulizica.
3. Sitan kriminalac; mladi delinkvent. Slino punk,
greasing Ulizivanje.
great big Veoma veliki.
great guns, go Sjajno ii/uspevati. Jo? Last time I saw her, she
was g o in g g re a t g u n s with Richard - but o f course that was
then...
great unwashed, the GB 1. Radnika klasa, proletariat. "
2.
Hipici.
great wen, the GB London,
great white chief, the ef, glavni.
greedy guts Prodrljivac, nezasitnik.
green 1. Jebanje. W hy not go after the girl?... She's not getting
what I believe is vulgarly called h e r gre en s.
2. Novanice, zelembai, ke. Isto folding money.
3. nark. Loa marihuana, travuljina.
4. Zelen, neiskusan. "I don't think you can depend on Jack to
do that jo b b y himself. He's too g re e n ."
green/blue about/around the gills Loeg/bolesnog izgleda. He
was looking g re e n a ro u n d the g iiis so I told him to lie down.
green as hes cabbage-looking, hes (etc.) not so Nije tako
mutav kao to izgleda.
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green fingers, have GB Imati smisla za vrtlarstvo.

grey m atter Siva masa, kefalo, vijuge, mozak, inteligencija.
griefy GB Depresivan; problem atical I m ea n w e 've a ll trie d to f ly
fro m u p s ta irs w in d o w s... we k n o w th o se g rie fy sce n e s, m a n !
g rift US 1. Novae od prevare.
2. Varanje, mukanje, vaarenje. He g ritte d a c o u p le ye a rs
the n g o t a re g u la r jo b .
3. on the grift Varati, mukati, muvati.
4. get o ff the grift Povui se iz prevarantskog posla.
grifter US 1. Varalica, prevarant, mukaro, muvara.
2. Kockar.
3. Skitnica. Isto drifter.
grim death, hold on/hang on like Grevito/vrsto se drati, ne
poputati.
grin and bear it uti i trpi.
grind 1. Naporno uiti. F ive d a ys to g rin d a n d tw o d a ys to be
s o c ia l... the w a y i t was a t Y ale."
2. Zveketanje, jebanje, eva. I k n o w j u s t w h ere y o u ca n g e t a
g r in d th a tl l d riv e y o u o u t o f y o u r m in d .
3. Zveketati, jebati. Takode do/have a grind. Odatle grind
Jebaica. S u s ie s a g re a t little g rin d .
4. Drkati, masturbirati.
5. a grind Okapanje, kuluenje, naporan posao/rad. Odatle
hard grind Tegoban posao, kuluk, dirinenje. Vidi graft.
6. Gnjavaa, dosada, smaranje. Slino jerk; a pain in the
neck. W ritin g d ic tio n a rie s is in d e e d a g rin d .
grinding halt, come to a Jenjavati, polako se zaustaviti.
P ro d u c tio n cam e to a g rin d in g h a lt, b e ca u se o f a la c k o f
p a rts .
grip US Runa ili putna torba.
gripe ones ass/balls/butt/cookies/left nut/middle kidney/soul/
shit Ioi na kurac/jaja/nerve; ivcirati. You re a lly g rip e m y a ss
w h en y o u a c t lik e th a t!
grit 1. Izdrljivost, hrabrost, odlunost, petlja. Odatle gritty.
2. Jesti.
3. Hrana.
4. US Junjak.
grizzle 1. Cmizdriti. Odatle grizzler; grizzle-guts Cmizdra.
2. Pevati (p o g o t. na ulici, za novae),
groove, in the 1. Ima uspenan period, u do b ro m je fazonu. The
e a rly n in e tie s w ere d iffic u lt f o r C a rlto n b u t h e s b a c k in the
g ro o v e a g a in w ith a n e w h it s e rie s.
2. Prati najnovija deavanja.

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3. arh. Zastareo, staromodan. The professor o f Classics was,

as she would have put it, in canaliculo, in the groove. "
4. get sb in the groove Ubaciti koga u dobar fazon, oraspoloiti koga. Courtney B. Vance tries to g et Angela Bassett in the
groove with this hot kiss.
groovy 1. Sjajan, izvanredan, super, m rak. W ouldnt you agree,
baby you and me, w eve got a gro ovy kind o f love.
2.
(Seksualno) uzbudljiv. Slino far out.
groovy! Mono!; oputeno!
grope Vatanje, peting. A quick grope in the back o f a car.
gross GB Odvratan, grozan, uasan, prostaki. / thought men
were gross, boring and aw ful!
grotty; groaty; groady; groddy Lo; grozan; Ijigav, neprijatan,
odvratan; gadan; inferioran, drutveno neprihvatljiv. Slino
grungy; scuzzy. The m agazines h ad covers with those
g ro tty weirdos on them.
grouch Gundati, zanovetati, antrati, zvocati.
ground floor 1. Poetni stadijum (u biznisu, profesiji itd.).
2. in on the ground floor Na vrem e stupiti u posao, investirati
na vreme. You be tte r act now if you want to be in on the
ground floor.
groupie Grupi, devojka koja prati muzike ili filmske zvezde na
turnejam a radi seksualnih odnosa sa njima. Isto starfucker.
grouse GB Gundati, zanovetati, antrati. Slino bitch. No
grousing, no foot-dragging, both signs o f a solid p ro .
grouser GB Gundalo, zakeralo.
grub Klopa, njupa, manda, has.
grum ble-guts Gundalo, zakeralo.
guff 1. Glupost, budalatina, prazna pria. Slino bullshit. "... his
ability to listen to all the guff, through all the tedium.
2.
Blefirati, lagati, preterivati. Slino bullshit. Quit yo u r guffing
and tell it right.
guido US abar; italoameriki mangup.
guinea-pig GB Zamore.
gum up Pokvariti, upropastiti. Obi. gum up the works Prouzrokovati konfuziju, uiniti da stvar stane. Slino bollix up; fuck
up. O ur future plans are all gum m ed up by the illness o f
several m em bers o f the club.
gum-tree, up a GB U kripcu, nadrljao, nagrabusio.
gumption (Urodena) bistrina uma, pronicljivost, sposobnost.
gun-runner Krijumar oruija.
gung ho Napaljen. Pussy's sudden transformation into gung ho
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gush Afektirano govoriti; afektirati, epiti se.
guts 1. GB Hrabrost, odlunost, muda; petlja. Slino balls.
Young people admire h e r g u ts and integrity.
2. Osnova, sutina. The g u ts o f the m atter is that they are not
here.
3. Unutranjost. Slino innards. He rem oved the cover and
exposed the g u ts.
gut-rot 1. Rakija, rakijtina, daskovaa, brlja.
2. Bol u stomaku.
gutless Slabi, kukavica, bezmuda, sisa, pika.
guts for garters, have o nes Vezati kome muda u vor (pretnja).
guv = governor
guzunder GB Nokir, noa.
guy Mukarac, ovek; tip.
gym 1. skra. Gimnazija.
2. skra. Gimnastika.
3. Gimnastika sala, teretana. ...they are intelligent
professionals who go to the g y m ...
gyp; gip; j'P 1 C iganin, Ciga.
2. Prevarant, varalica, vaaro. Isto gyp artist; gypser. Slino
crook.
3. US Prevariti, izraditi, nasamariti. Odatle gypped Prevaren,
nasamaren. We got g y p p e d out o f it all in two days.
gyve nark. Marihuana; cigareta marihuane, dokavac. Isto jive.

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H nark. Heroin. Isto smack; junk; skag; shit; brown; horse;

Harry; boy.
hack (Literarni) nadniar.
hack it Obaviti (s uspehom). Slino cut it; handle. It's a tough
assignment. Do you think you can h a c k if?
had, be Nasamaren, nasankan, navuen. You mean these arent
real diam onds? she exclaim ed when she got home. Oh, I've
b e en h a d !
had it (in a big way), to have Biti dosta (kome ega); dokuriti.
A ll at once I ve h a d i t up to here with psychiatry.
hair curl, make ones okirati. The risks m ountaineers run are
enough to m ake y o u r h a ir cu rl.
hair-do Frizura.
hairdo Televizijski spiker. Isto talking head.
hair down, let ones Opustiti se, leerno se ponaati.
hair, get in o nes lei'na nerve.
hair o f the dog that bit you Mamurluk se razbija pijui nanovo;
kiin se klinom izbija.
hair on, keep ones Ostati hladnokrvan.
hair-raiser Jeziva, uzbudljiva pria, film itd.
hair-raising Jeziv, od kojeg se kosa die.
hairs, have sb by the short Drati koga u aci, drati kome
muda u procepu.
hairy upavo, opasno, rizino, teko. Slino tough. Thaf w as a
pretty h a iry drive down to D onovans place.
half a jiffy/m o/tick Tren.
half an eye, see with Lako videti.
half-and-half 1. Polovino; pola jedno, pola drugo.
2. Meavine od dve vrste piva (ale i porter),
half-assed Glup, budalast, nesposoban, dupeglava.
half-baked 1. Glupav, sirov, neiskusan.
2.
Nedopeen, nepotpun. a h a lf b a k e d plan.
half-cracked Bleskast, luckast.
half-cut GB alk. Pripit, pod gasom.
half-inch Ukrasti, maznuti, gepiti, lapiti. If people are going to go
around h a lf-in c h in g planets the situation is pretty serious."
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hard nut to crack Tvrd orah.

hard put to it U kripcu; u tekom poloaju.
hard sell Nametljiv nain prodaje, nametljivo ubedivanje.
Convincing the prim arily L.A.-based cas to relocate to
Cusacks hom etown o f Chicago, where the series is filmed,
was a bit o f a hard sell.
hard ticket T eaktip , problematina osoba.
hard up 1. Zagoreo, seksualno napaljen/naloen. Isto horny. He
declared he was so hard up h e d fuck mud.
2. Bez novca, dekintiran, bez banke. It was no disgrace to be
hard up in those times.
Harry nark. Heroin. Isto H ; smack; junk; skag; shit; brown;
horse; boy.
Harry flakers GB Iznoen, izlizan, izandao.
Harry starkers GB Go golcat, kao od majke roden.
hassle 1. Uznemiravati. "If you'd stop hassling me, I m ight get
this finished on tim e!"
2. a hassle Guva, uznemirenje, problematina situacija. "/
know it's a hassle to complete this form now, but Mr. Rogers
needs it in his office by the end o f the day."
hash 1. nark. Hai.
2. Razglabati, dugo razgovarati. Slino hash over.
3. Naoiniti zbrku, upropastiti. Takode hash-up. Slino fuck up;
mess up.
4. make a hash of Nainiti zbrku, upropastiti, pokvariti.
5. hash-cookies nark Kolaii sa haiom.
6. US Sjajan, izvrstan, super. Slino cool,
hasher US 1. Kelner, kea.
2. Kuvar.
hashery (Jeftin) restorani. W ell inhale a few ham burgers at
some fashionable hashery.
hat round, send/pass the Prikupljati novae (u dobrotvorne
svrhe).
hatch, match and dispatch Rodenje, enidba i smrt.
hatchet-m an US 1. G lavosea. Odatle hatchet job estokve rbalni napad. By hatchet jo b is m eant here... a calculated
attem pt to demolish the author.
2.
Profesionalni ubica. Slino hitman,
hate sb s guts Mrzeti koga iz dna due. I dislike him, but I don't
hate his damn guts.
haul sb ashes Jebati.
haul sb in Uhapsiti, privesti koga. Slino run sb in. The police
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have 1. Nasamariti, nasankati. Slino diddle. I'm afraid it's a
scam, they h a d us.
2. Imati snoaj. I h a d M ary Jane in h e r own bathtub ten
times.
3. have had it Biti gotov; biti prekasno; biti dosta; umreti. I've
h a d it ! Let's stop and rest.
4. let him have it Neka plati za ono to je uinio.
have all the moves Biti veoma vest, M i tata-m ata (obi. u
sportu).
have a bag (ili half a bag) on Biti pijan.
have a bit o ff (with) Pojebati, povaliti, karnuti.
have a hard-on for sb/sth 1. Biti napaljen/naloen na koga/to.
I m afraid the chief executive officer h a s a h a rd -o n f o r his
idea.
2. Ne svidati se; praviti kome probleme.
have a go 1. Pokuati.
2. Jebati, tucati.
have it aw ay with GB Jebati. Isto have it o ff with. He la te r told
me he'd had it o ff with a photographer the previous night and
so w asnt much concerned with h a v in g i t a w a y with himself.
have it both ways 1. Vui korist sa dve strane. Slino w ork both
sides o f the street. Make up yo u r m ind which one y o u ll sup
port, because you cant h a ve i t b o th ways.
2. Biti biseksualac.
have it in Jebati.
have it in for sb Biti kivan na koga.
have it o ff GB T ucati, karati; pojebati se. B ill has h a d i t o f f with
both o f them.
have kittens/a co w Biti u stanju velikog uzbudenja/besa. He got
so m ad I thought he was going to ha ve k itte n s .
have (ones) ass in a crack/sling Biti u velikoj nevolji/kripcu;
imati muda u procepu. If she catches you changing that report
y o u ll h a ve y o u r a ss in a s lin g .
have o nesback to the wall Biti priteran uza zid, biti u tekoj
situaciji; biti u kripcu/tesnacu/stisci.
have (ones) end off Jebati. Isto fuck.
have out with Otvoreno porazgovarati, raistiti s tv a rs (kime).
W e'll have to ha ve it o u t w ith them.
have sb by the balls Drati koga za muda, drati koga u akama.
Slino have sb by the short hairs. I didn't want to do it, but
they h a d m e b y the b a lls.
have sb by the short hairs Drati koga za muda, drati koga u
akama. Theyve got me b y the s h o r t h a irs . There's nothing I
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have (sb) on 1. Nasamariti, nasankati (koga).
2. Ismejati (koga).
have shit fo r brains Imati surutku/prom aju u glavi, biti vrlo glup.
You suffer from chronic cranial rectalitis, you have s h it for
brains.
have the edge on Videti edge,
have the law on Preduzeti zakonske mere protiv.
haves and have-nots, the Bogati i siromani.
hay of, make Napraviti zbrku, pometnju.
haywire 1. Zbrkan; dezorganizovan; haotian; lud. Slino
cockeyed.
2. Ne radi, ne funkcionie. Slino on the blink. This m eter's
haywire.
2. go haywire Poaaviti, postati rastrojen, iznuti. "Remem
b e r that I tried to talk you out o f it, and don't go hayw ire "
he-man Mukarina, mao. Slino hunk; macho,
head 1. nark. Onaj ko uzima drogu i koga zanimaju sline stvari
(meditacija, pop-muzika itd). Those were the days o f heads
and freaks. A nd getting high was where it was at, then
Vietnam was the ultimate trip. "
2.
Oralni seks.
head above water, keep o nes Opstati u tekoj situaciji.
head cook and bottlew asher podsm. Osoba na poloaju.
head, do sth (standing) on ones Uiniti to dubei na glavi, s
lakoom.
head down, get o nes Lei i spavati.
head honcho Glavni, ef. "Dave's the head honcho o f the ESL
Cafe on the W eb."
head like a sieve, have a Biti krajnje zaboravan.
head off, talk o nes Brbljati sto na sat. Isto talk fifteen to the
dozen.
head-piece Glava, razum, pamet, kefalo, vijuge.
head screwed on, have ones Nije veslo sisao.
head-shrinker Psihijatar; psihoanalitiar. Isto shrink,
head, to give Puiti (seks). She gives great head.
headbanger US Zaludenik za hevi-metal muziku.
headlines, hit/make the Imati publicitet, dospeti na naslovnu
stranu. Huh! That'll n e ver m ake headlines!
heads, (the) Toalet.
heap Krntija, starudija. Slino jalopy,
heap, he was struck/knocked all o f a Kao da ga je grom
oinuo, okirao se.
hear, hear! GB Tako je!; potpuno se slaem!

heart in ones boots/moutns, n.

u pete (od straha); krajnje zabrinut.
heart-throb Srcolomac; omiljen/zgodan dasa (obi. glumac).
Who's yo u r heart-throb this week?
heart-to-heart, a Iskren i intiman (razgovor).
heave up Povraati. Slino barf.
heavy father, com e/do the Popovati, kritikovati, pridikovati.
heck! GB Do davola!
hectic Uzbudljiv, grozniav, zbrkan. a hectic day
heebie-jeebies marci, trnci. Slino willies. F irst n ig h t I h ad a fit
o f the heebie-jeebies.
heels, show a clean pair o f Odmagliti, zbrisati, pokazati pete,
hell or (and) high water, come Kakve god da su tekoe.
hell broke(n) loose (Nastati) pravi pakao/haos/rusvaj.
hell-for-leather Iz sve snage, kao bez due, veoma brzo. Isto
hell-bent-for-leather. Slino all out; flat out. You're heading
hell-for-leather to a crack-up.
hell o f a mess Zbrka; teak problem. *This place is one h ell o f a
mess. *W h a ta hell o f a mess you've made.
hellish Paklen, uasan.
helluva = hell of a. Thats a helluva thing to do!
hemp nark. Marihuana; cigareta marihuane.
hep Koji je u toku (sa savremenim zbivanjima); moderan; popularan; in. Slino hip; with it. B y running with the o ld er boys I
soon began to g et hep.
hep-cat muz. Dez-fan; bonvivan. Slino cat; dude.
herb(s) nark. Marihuana, trava. Slino pot. So you g e t fines to
p a y and y o u ve lost yo u r herbs.
Herb US onja, slabi.
herbert GB Drugar, drukan, pajta, pajtos.
here goes GB Evo, poinjem!
heres how ili mud in your eye ili to us Sve najbolje, iveli
(zdravica).
herring pond, the Atlantski okean, Velika bara.
het-up, (all) Uzbuden, naloen, napaljen.
hickory GB Taksimetar. Isto clock; ticker; kettle; Mary Ann.
hide Koa, krzno.
hiding Batine, lemanje.
hiding to nothing, on a Osuden na neuspeh.
high Pijan; drogiran; euforian. Takode high as a kite. They can
arrest you fo r being high on coke, b u t i t s n o t illegal to get
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high and m ighty Ohol, uobraen, pun sebe.
highball 1. alk. Viski sa sodom i ledom (u visokoj ai). He
quaffed a couple o f rye highballs and left.
2. US Odjuriti; voziti punom brzinom.
high-brow (Pseudo)intelektualan, umiljen zbog svoje obrazovanosti, dubokomisaon. Vidi low-brow. '"The Silence o f the
Lam bs... was a m atchless example o f provocative pulp,
showing how a lo w er genre can outwit the h ig hbrow ...
high feather, in Dobrog zdravlja/raspoloenja.
high flyer/-flier Am biciozna i uspena osoba, krupna zverka.
high-hat US Snob.
high horse, (ride) on ones Bahat, obol, pun sebe,
high-jinks Bueno veselje, raspojasanost.
high jum p, be for the GB Nagrabusiti, nadrljati.
high roller kock. Veliki igra u kazinu, igra koji igra sa velikim
ulozima. The casinos give generous freebies to the high
rollers.
high spots Senzacija; vrhunac. the high sp o t o f the evenings
entertainment.
high-stepper Vrlo ugledna ili sposobna osoba, buda.
high-up Osoba visokog drutvenog poloaja, vana osoba,
buda. Slino big shot; higher-up. Rico got in touch with
some o f the high-ups.
high w ater Videti hell or high water,
hill-billy US Zaostao ovek, primitivac, seljober, diber.
hill, over the voj. Odsutan bez dozvole. Videti AW OL.
hind legs, get on ones Ustati i govoriti.
hip 1. U toku sa savremenim trendovima; trendi. Isto hep.
2. U toku dogadanja. There's no need to give me all this
bullshit, man. Im hip to w hats going dow n."
hipster minker. Slino hepcat; hepster; hip cat.
history, be Biti gotov.
hit 1. lop. Narueno ubistvo. He can order a hit, a police officer
says.
2. lop. Upucati, ubiti, koknuti. The mob figure got h it last night
in his car.
3. nark. Doza droge. Isto fix. The current price o f cocaine was
about $10 a h it.
4. Dospeti. ...befeore an issue o f the News o f the W orld hit
the streets.
5. put a hit on sb lop. Naruiti ije ubistvo. Junior, who's
pissed o ff at Tony's p o w e r puts out a h it on him.
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hit it big il i hit big time Postii veliki uspeh, proslaviti se. "A ibee...
h e ld a v a rie ty o f o d d jo b s ... b e fo re fin a lly h ittin g i t b ig w ith h is
1959 p la y, The Z o o S to ry .
hit it off Biti dobar tandem, biti super par; uklopiti se, slagati se. I
n e v e r th o u g h t th e y w o u ld , b u t D ean a n d J o y c e re a lly h it i t o ff.
hit me 1. Daj meni, sipaj mi (pie). He s ig n a le d the b a rte n d e r. H it
u s a g a in ".
2. k o c k . Podeli mi sledeu kartu (u pokeru).
hit on sb 1. Traiti uslugu. Slino h its b ; touch sb. I h it o n J ill to
take m y cla s s e s th a t day.
2. Nabacivati se kome.
hit pay-dirt Upasti sekira u med; nai ono to se trai. Slino
strike oil. I d id n 't h it p a y -d irt u n til n e a r the b o tto m o f the
s e c o n d b o x.
h its b like a ton of bricks Imati iznenadan efekat, okirati. Then
the a n s w e r h it m e lik e a to n o f b ric k s .
hit the books Uiti, gruvati. 7 w is h I c o u ld g o to the m o v ie s , b u t
I've g o t to h it the b o o ks."
hit the bottle alk. Ceviti, cugati, lokati, udarati po piu.
hit the hay lef u krevet, na spavanje. "It's late, s o I g u e s s I 'll h it
the h a y ."
hit the road/trail Poi, krenuti (na put). *"B a le a ric te ch n o
k n o b -tw id d le rs h it the ro a d . *W ed b e tte r h it the ro a d , i t s a
lo n g w a y ho m e.
hit the roof/ceiling US Popizdeti, pui od ljutine.
hit the sack 1 u krpe, na spavanje. "I'm re a lly tire d . I th in k I l l h it
the s a c k ."
hitched 1. Oenjen, prienjen.
2. get hitched Prieniti se "W h a t w as C arm en E le ctra th in k in g
w h en s h e g o t h itc h e d to D e n n is R o d m a n in a m a rria g e th a t
s o o n p ro v e d to be p u re B u ll?
hitman Plaeni ubica.
ho(e) 1. Kurva. S he 's j u s t a ho.
2. Devojka. Me a n d m y h o is g o in g out.
hobo US Skitnica; lutalica.
hock, in 1. Dat u zalog.
2.
zat. Iza reetaka.
hog-wash US Besmislica, glupost, neistina, prazno blebetanje,
nebuloza. Slino baloney; bullshit. He s a id m o s t o f m y
th e o ry is p u re h o g w a sh .
hokey 1. zat. uza, buvara, orka, mardelj, bajbok.
2. US Laan, sentimentalan, sladunjav. Slino phony. The
ra d io is ja m m e d w ith h o k e y c o p ie s o f US a n d E u ro p e a n ro c k
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hokey-cokey nark. Am fetam inski prah; droga u prahu.

hokey pokey 1. Glupost.
2. Varka, prevara, lanjak.
hokum; hocum Jeftin efekat; ki; prevara, neiskrenost. There is
some hokum in King Lear.
hold hard! S tani!
hold it! ekaj malo!; stani!; ne mii se!
hold on by the eyelashes Isto to i hang on by o nes
eyebrows.
hold ones horses Odloiti preduzimanje akcije (obi. privremeno); obuzdati se. Slino hold ones water. He kept on asking
though she told him to h old his horses.
hold the floor Drati govor/banku.
hold the fort Brinuti se o emu; voditi poslove (u ijoj odsutnosti).
hold tight! Dri se vrsto!; stani!; ne mii se!
hold-up Oruani napad, pljaka, prepad. Slino stickup.
hold your w his(h)t uti.
hole 1. Nezgodna/neprijatna situacija; nevolja. H aving lost m y
m oney puts me in rathe r a hole.
2. Rupa, pika; mar; gubica.
3. Skra. od ass-hole.
4. Rupa, jazbina, umez, lo stan. Slino dump; joint. The
restaurant turned out to be a loathsom e little hole.
holler 1. Vikati.
2. Cinkariti, otkucati. Slino sing; squeal. You think he
wouldnt h oller if they turned the heat on him ?
3. aliti se, prigovarati. Slino bitch. W hat's he hollering
about now?
hollow Vidi beat hollow.
Holy Joe GB Bogomoljac. Isto US holy roller. In the east they're
all h oly Joes and teach in Sunday schools.
holy Moses/smoke! Blagi boe'
holy terror Problematian tip; nesnosno dete, sam davo. He's
h oiy terror around home.
home boy ili hom eboy ili hom ie Komija, koma, drugar iz kraja.
home, when he (it, etc.) is at Izraz koji se dodaje pitanju, da
naglasi nerazumevanje (obi. podsm). W ho's he, when h e s
a t hom e?
homo g. Homi, peder, pea.
Honey Oil Headbanger GB nark. Koktel od ekstazija i ketamina.
honked GB alk. Pijan, janpi. Isto honkers,
honker US Nos, njonja.
honkie; honky Omalovaavajui termin koji crnac upotrebljava za
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honky-tonk Jeftin, lose reputacije, ozloglaen, na loem glasu.

hood(lum) US Mladi razbija; razbojnik, kriminalac, gangster,
hoodoo US Loa/zla srea; baksuz(luk).
hooey US Besmislica, glupost. Slino baloney,
hoof it 1. loi peice, peaiti. She h o o fe d i t over to the next
house.
2. Otii.
3. Igrati, plesati.
hoof out Izbaciti.
hook 1. GB Dii, gepiti, maznuti, ukrasti. She m anaged to h o o k
a few videotapes. "
2. Uhapsiti; zaustaviti i kazniti. M y cab driver got h o o k e d for
speeding.
3. Prostitutka. Isto hooker.
hook, be o ff the Ne biti odgovoran (za), ne biti kriv; biti na sigurnom . Let M om o f f the h o o k fo r sole responsibility o f the bad
birthdays past as well as for every other kind o f bad behavior."
hook, be on the Imati problema, snositi krivicu (za). Youre on
the h o o k for this mess, junior.
hook it GB Strugnuti, odmagliti, zapaliti. B etter h o o k it, Joan, the
h e ats arrived.
hook, line & sinker Sa svime zajedno; komplet(no); potpuno.
hook, sling o nes GB Pokupiti se, otii.
hooked Navuen (na neto lose). I was the pusher who got you
h o o ke d .
hooked on Lud za (im).
hooker US Kurva, kamenjarka, fuksa, droca, drolja, (ku)rava. Isto
streetwalker. Down on the strip where the h o o k e rs hang
out.
hooks into sb, get o nes epati, vezati koga emotivno; udati se
za koga. He used to be one o f the lads, until that bitch g o t h e r
h o o k s in to him.
hooks, take ones Pokupiti se, otii.
hook-up Mrea medusobno povezanih radio-stanica.
hoop, go through the 1. Prolaziti kroz nevolje, namuiti se.
2. put sb throught the hoop Staviti koga na muke.
h oopla///w h o op la 1. Budalatina, nebuloza. Isto ballyhoo;
flack. I say this is a lo t o f unnecessary h o o p la .
2. Zbrka, halabuka. His arrival started a big h o o p la .
hoo(t)ch Viski; (jeftino) alkoholno pie.
hop 1. Pies. We went to a ho p.
2. on the hop U urbi, aktivan.
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hooter 1. GB Nos, nosina.
2. US nark. Cigareta marihuane.
hooters US Sise, sifoni.
horn, (get/have) the Napaliti se, naloiti se.
horn in Upadati (u razgovor); nametati se (u drutvo). Slino butt
in. Some wallie tried to horn in on our gang.
horny Napaljen, naloen, seksualno uzbuen. Slino hot. God,
I'm horny! I n eed a piece o f something.
horse nark. Heroin, hors, konjina, dop. Isto smack; junk; skag;
shit; brown, H ; Harry; boy. They shot horse in the jo h n at
the local high school.
horsed (up) nark. Na heroinu, na horsu.
horse about/around Zezati se. Slino fool around. He wouldnt
stop horsing around, so they let him go.
horse-ass Pika od oveka, Ijiga, slabi.
horse, eat like a Jesti ko gladna godina, prodirati; krkati.
horse o f another colour Neto potpuno drugaije.
horse opera Kaubojac, vestern. Slino bang-bang; oater.
horseshit US Sranje, proseravanje, glupost, baljezganje. Isto
bullshit,
hot 1. Napaljen (seksualno).
2. Zgodan, seksi.
hot (for sb), go Biti upavo/problematino.
hot air Brbljanje, blebetanje, glupost, budalatina, prazna
pria/slama, laprdanje, naklapanje. Slino baloney; bullshit,
hot and bothered Uzbuden, usplahiren, ljut. Slino pissed off;
steamed up. Now don't get all h o t and bothered ju s t because
he did not call.
hot and strong estok, opasan.
hot cakes, like Veoma brzo; kao alva.
hot for, make it (too) Izribati, izgrditi koga.
hot gospeller Gorljiv (putujui) propovednikjevandelja.
hot potato Vru krompir, neugodan problem, nezgodna stvar.
Everyone can see how the boss looks when he handles a hot
potato.
hot seat US 1. Silno neugodan poloaj; gadan sos.
2.
Elektrina stolica.
hot shit 1. Neto impresivno, uzbuujue; neko sjajan. Slino hot
stuff. A in t m y new boat h o t shit?
2. Uobraenko. Slino big shot. Some hot-shit record
producer.
hot shot 1. Ajkula; mlada, sposobna, perspektivna osoba (obi.
iron). Slino ball of fire; winner. W hat has been written about
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2. US nark. Overdoz; predoziranje. You got a h o t s h o t! Youre
dead.
hot stuff 1. Vrua/sjajna stvar; silan momak/devojka (gotovo uvek
iron). Slino hot shot. I guess they think they are h o t s tu ff.
2. Neko uzbudljiv/opasan (pogot. u seksualnom smislu).
3. Vrua (ukradena) roba.
hot ticket Veoma traena osoba/stvar. Proust and Shakespeare
are box-office dynamite and Elizabeth G askell and Jane
Austen are TV h o t tic k e ts . "
hot under the collar Uzbuden, usplahiren, veoma ljut, spreman
za svadu. The Puerto Ricans who get h o t u n d e r the c o lla r
and curse aloud if anyone should question their being Puerto
Rican.
hot w ater Nevolja, gadan problem, nezgodna situacija, sos.
hot wheels Onaj ko riskantno vozi. I ll ne ver drive m y Rolls like
some h o t w heels.
house US Opeljeiti. I h o u s e d him already. Leave him alone.
how come? Kako to?; otkud to?
how -dye-do = how do you do
how s things/tricks Kako ste?; kako ide?; ta ima?
how ler Gaf, smena pogreka.
howling Straan, uasan, krajnji, ogroman. a h o w lin g success.
hubby Mu, mui, mu-pu.
huddle Poverljiv razgovor. He went into a h u d d le with his aides.
hum 1. Zaudarati, smrdeti, vonjati. When the wind drops this stuff
really h u m s.
2. Prdeti.
humbug Glupost, besmislica; prevara.
hum dinger US Sjajna stvar; silan momak; atraktivna devojka.
Slino beaut; lollapalooza. Arnold M oss gave us a
h u m d in g e r o f a talk.
hump 1. Trpati, jebati. Slino fuck.
2. GB the hump Zlovolja, mrzovolja. It's giving me the hu m p.
3. Propalica, propalitet.
4. US get a hump on Pouriti.
5. Cigareta, pljuga.
hump it 1. Umreti.
2. Otii.
hump yourself! Gubi se!; vuci se!; nosi se!
hunch US 1. Slutnja, predoseaj. I gotta h u n c h she w ont come
back.
2.
play a hunch loi na oseaj, ii intuitivno.
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hunt, in the 1. Ima anse.
2. out o f the hunt Bez anse.
hush-hush Tajni, poverljiv, misteriozan, strogo pov.
hush-m oney Mito za utanje.
hush up Zatakati.
husky US Jak, snaan, krupan, vrst, muevan.
hustle 1. Pouriti. We be tte r h u s tle , the thing leaves in five
minutes.
2. Moljakati, ic(k)ati. You will h u s tle fo r an overcoat.
3. US Zaraivati za ivot kao prostitutka. Isto hook.
4. US Varati, iskoriavati. Slino con.
hustler 1. US Deparo, lopov, saner, diler ukradenih stvari; pre
varant, muak, muvara, muvator, mutljara, prefriganac. Slino
con man; shark.
2. US Prostitutka, kurava; muka kurva. Isto hooker. She
makes a pretty good living as a h u s tle r.
3. V est trgovac koji ubedi kupca da kupi robu, maher. We need
more h u s tle rs in this department.
4. meker, valer, m uvator ena.
5. kock. Kockar, igra bilijara i si. koji zaraduje pobedujuci
manje talentovane igrae.
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I should cocoa/w orry GB 1. Boli me briga.

2. Slaem se!
I w ouldnt know GB Ne znam.
ice 1. US Potui do nogu. Slino clobber. Nebaraska iced
K entucky 55 to 16.
2. US lop. Ubiti, ucmekati, ukokati. Slino off. * ice a pig. O ff
a pig. That m eans kill a cop. * "Maybe he saw the Hellinger
killing go down - they iced him to keep him quiet.
3. Dijamant, dragulj. Gonna wear yo u r ice?
4. Ignorisati (koga). Slino cold shoulder.
5. nark. Kokain, koka.
6. on ice lop. U zatvoru, na ledu.
ice the cake O bezbediti povoljan ishod/rezultat. He iced the cake
with a knockdown in the seventh round.
iceman 1. Kradljivac nakita/dragulja.
2. Hladnokrvna osoba. An icem an... is a gam bler who never
loses his head.
3. lop. Profesionalni ubica. Isto h itm an .
icky Sentimentalan, sladunjav, patetian. Isto ikky. Slino
schm altzy. M s Streep... is no mess, in an extrem ely icky roie
as a none-too-m otivated runaw ay parent.
idiot box Televizor. Slino the boob tube. Takode idiot channel
Reklame na TV.
If you cant use it, abuse it! Ako ne moe da kara, drkaj!
iffy 1. Problematical sumnjiv, nesiguran, neizvestan. His
chances... were a bit iffy.
2. GB Nepoten (osoba); verovatno ukraden (stvar).
imbo Budala, dileja, krele.
in-thing, the Stvar u modi.
in-word, the Pomodna popularna re/uzreica/fraza.
in a big w ay Veoma, krajnje. The soldiers went for pin-ups in a
big vay.
in a pinch 1. Akoje neophodno, ako ba mora.
2. U nevolji, u kripcu, u sosu.
in a spot U nevolji, u kripcu, u sosu.
in a state GB 1. U stanju uzbudenosti; unezveren, napet. She got
home and found h e r husband in a state.
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in-and-out Jebanje, trpanje, turi-vadi, rke-koke. Slino fuck.

Takode in-out. The pages o f rom ances offered less in-ando u t than a downtown parking garage.
in deep shit U govnima do gue. Isto in the shit. I broke the
thing and really got m yself in deep shit.
in deep w ater U nevolji; u kripcu, u sosu. Slino in deep shit,
in Dutch U nevolji. You have to promise, Pop, not to get me in
Dutch with M rs Skoglund.
in for it 1. Nagrabusiti, nadrljati, jebati jea, brati kou na iljak. If
they nab us with the p o p e s ring, w ell really be in fo r it.
2. Trudna, zaglavila, zakevila.
in full rig Formalno obuen.
in full swing U punom zamahu.
in harness Zaposlen, u maini. He didnt know how to relax after
all those years in harness.
in it U nevolji. Takode nothing (not much etc.) in it.
in m y book Po mom miljenju.
in on Uestvuje. Am I to be in on this?
in ones right mind Nije blesav; otrouman, bistar,
in shit order U haosu. The papers were in s h it o rder and it took
hours to get them straightened out.
in shtuk/shtook/stook/schtuk GB U nevolji, u sosu.
in the air 1. Pria se, kola (glasina).
2. Visi u vazduhu, neizvestan.
in the bag Sredena stvar.
in the box Jebe. isto screwing,
in the buff Go golcat.
in the cart U velikoj nevolji; u nemilosti.
in the clear 1. Nevin, cist.
2. Nije vise u nevolji, na sigurnom.
in the club GB U drugom stanju, trudna, zakevila.
in the dark U neznanju. W e'll keep them in the dark about this
until the time is right.
in the know Zna, poseduje vane informacije; obaveten, upuen
u.
M y source has an inside track and is truly in the know.
in the picture GB Zna kako se stvari odvijaju; obaveten. OK,
now that y o u re one o f us, I want you in the picture.
in the pink Dobrog zdravlja, u dobroj kondiciji.
in the red U minusu, duguje. The huge corporation has been in
the red for eight years.
in the raw 1. Go, bez odee. Isto in the buff.
2. (Relativno) grub, primitivan. *Up there they lived life in the
raw. *His work is sculpture in the raw.
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in the same boat U istom sosu.

in the soup U sosu, u nevolji. Slino in hot water. You had better
report right now, o r y o u ll be in the s o u p .
in the straight lane Strejt, normalan (nije hom oseksualac ili
narkoman).
in the tub US Bankrot; uniten, ruiniran. Isto in the dumper,
in the wars Poplavio, u modricama.
intercoursed Iscrpljen. How w as the office, darling? -1 feel utterly
in te rc o u rs e d .
into som eone for US U dugu, duguje (pogot. novae). H e's in to
Citibank f o r ten grand.
inboard Na sigurnom; uspean; ima sree, sere ga srea. Obi.
Im (efc.) inboard,
influence, under the Pijan, pripit, pod gasom.
innards 1. Stomak, eludac. Isto inner man.
2. Unutranji delovi (tela, maine itd). Slino guts; kishkes.
The whole thing - ju ry system - can only live so long as we
are not allow ed to see its in n a rd s ."
inner man Stomak, eludac. Isto innards,
innings Uspean period. Obi. a good innings,
inside 1. U zatvoru, iza brave/reetaka. Isto banged up.
2. Privatan, ekskluzivan (obavetenje itd).
inside jo b top. Pljaka organizova/potpom ognuta iznutra.
inside the mark Umeren.
intense Uzbuden; uzbudljiv. Slino get carried away. Darling, I
am so glad about our getting married. - So am I. But don't le ts
get in te n s e about it.
into something, be Baviti se ime. He's in to Stravinski at the
moment.
irk Vidi erk.
iron out US 1. Ubiti, upucati; napasti. You werent at home when
he was iro n e d out.
2. Izgladiti. Isto w ork out They will m eet and iro n o u t all the
problems.
iron out the kinks Izgladiti probleme. iro n in g o u t the k in k s this
way made them aware o f ju s t how weak their endgame was.
iron rations Zaliha.
irons Vidi eating irons,
issue, the (whole) Sve.
it 1. Ono; upotrebljava se za bilo koji seksualni organ ili in. Slino
screwing. He doesnt even know Im overdue. A n d he hasn't
had i t fo r a week.
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it couldnt happen to a nicer guy Tako mu i treba, to je i

zasluio. Joe g o t canned? It co u ld n t happen to a n ic er guy!
it will be (ili its) sb s ass G otovje, to mu je kraj. You write
anything ab o ut m e in an article again an d i t ll be yo u r ass.
ivories 1. Dirke klavira. Odatle tickle the ivories Svirati klavir,
prebirati po dirkama.
2. Bilijarske kugle.
3. Zubi.
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Jack ovek; drugar.

jack 1. G BIop. Pandur, kljun.
2. G BIop. Dounik, potkaziva, taster.
3. GB on ones Jack (Jones) Sam.
4. US Novae, lova. Listen, I ju s t need some ja c k - in a hurry.
5. Dupe, mar. Odatle up your jack! Jebi se!; nosi se!
6. Jebanje.
7. Mentalno iscrpljen ili bolestan. Obi. get jack of. I'm g e ttin g
ja c k o f these holidays.
8. Nita, orak, ipak.
jack it Umreti, odapeti.
jack it (in) Prestati, napustiti, dioi ruke (od ega). I m beginning to
wonder if its worth it... Let m e ja c k i t in.
jackass Idiot, magarac, naivina, budala, krelac, krele.
jack off; jacko ff 1. US Drkati. Isto jerk off.
2. Otii.
jack-off; jag o ff Krele, moron, drkadija. Isto jerk.
Jack o f all trades (and m aster o f none) Sveznalica.
jack (oneself) up nark. Roknuti se (heroinom). Isto shoot up.
jackp ot 1. Pogodak; bingo!
2. crack/hit/strike the jackp ot Imati veliki (finansijski) uspeh,
upasti sekira u med.
jack the lad Glavni baja, duvadija, naduvenko, uobraenko. Its
hell getting a good chauffeur, they all think theyre J a c k the
Lad.
jack shit US (Ama) ba nita, golo govno. Slino diddly; zilch.
Man, I worked hard all m y life and ended up with ja c k s h it.
Jack tar Morski vuk, mornar.
jag GB 1. Pijanka, lumperaj. Slino bender.
2. Jaguar (auto). Videti gin.
3. nark. Roknuti se (heroinom).
4. on a jag alk. Pijan. Isto US jagged.
jag it in Odustati, dii ruke. The m essdeck dodger got
discouraged and ju s t ja g g e d i t in .
jag o ff Drkati. Isto jack off.
jake Izvrstan, zadovoljavajui, O.K. Slino hunky-dory. She said
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jakes US Klonja.
jalop (p )y US Krntija, starudija, klopocija. Slino heap. A ja lo p y
is a m odel one step above a junker".
jam 1. Karati, kecati, tucati. Isto screw.
2.
Nivo buke na zabavi. L ets pum p up the ja m here.
jam , in a U nevolji, u sosu.
jam full/packed Krcat.
jam roll zat. Uslovno (otputanje zatvorenika)
jam boree Proslava, buna zabava.
jam m ed US alk. Pijan, naliven, janpi.
jam m y GB Sreko, srena osoba.
jane ena; devojka.
jang US Kita.
jankers voj. Kazna; pritvor.
jaw -ja w Brbljati, laparati, priati bez prestanka. Betterjaw -jaw ,
then war-war.
jaw , hold ones Drati je zik za zubima.
jaw -breaker; jaw cracker Teko izgovorljiva re, da je zik slomi.
Diphenylpentoactom aggetonepiangianoiiosis is quite
a jaw braker.
jaw ing, give one a Oitati kome bukvicu, igrditi koga.
ja y US Glupak, krele, dileja.
jay-w alker US Neoprezan peak.
jazz 1. Jebati, tucati, zveketati. Isto fuck. I ja z z e d her, too.
2.
Glupost, budalatina.
jazz, all that I sve to, i sve te stvari, itd. Come to identify the
body... and all that jazz.
jazz up Oiveti, uneti ivost u. Slino spice up. He tried to ja z z
the m eeting up.
Jericho, go to Otii bestraga, otii dodavola.
jerk Dripac, drkadija, mamlaz, kreten, krele, mentol, gad, budala,
dupeglava. Slino boob; turkey. Poor M ichael Reagan, if
it weren't bad enough being the son o f Ronald Reagan, the
guy happens to be a complete je rk as w e ll."
jerk around Gluvariti, vatati zjale. Isto fool around. If kids are
je rk in g around and enter a system as a lark with no intent to
deprive.
jerk into it, put a estito se prihvatiti ega, valjano prionuti uza
to.
jerk (off) US Drkati. Isto jack off. I went ahead as usual and
je rk e d o ff into m y sock.
jerry-built Nesolidno graden (kua); nestabilan tip. W hy would
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Jessie GB enskast mukarac, pikica.

je t US Otii, zbrisati.
jib, cut o f ones Spoljanjost, izraz lica, stil.
jiffy, ju s t a Samo trenutak.
jiffy, in a U tren oka, za tili as, zaas, odmah.
jig-(a-)jig ili zig-zig Jebanje, rke-koke. Isto fucking. He put his
hand on h e r knee. You like jig - a - jig ?
jiggered 1. Iscrpljen.
2. Im jiggered if GB avo me doneo ako.
jiggery-pokery GB 1. Hokus-pokus, kuhinja, prevara, trik,
podvala. Slino skullduggery.
2.
Glupost.
jim bo US nark. Krek (vrsta droge).
jim -jam s marci; napad straha; depresija. Slino heebie-jeebies.
We're both... drained by constant fear, the unrelieved
jim ja m s .
Jim m y (Riddle) GB Pikiti.
jingle 1. GB Ke, novae. I'm bit short o f jin g le . "
2. US Telefonski poziv. Slino tinkle. We ne ver h e ar from you,
not even a jin g le .
3. muz. Dingl.
jin x 1. Kletva; baksuz(luk). Som ebody around here is a jin x .
2.
put a jinx on Urei (koga).
jitters, the Zmarci, groza, ivana nadraenost. Ive got the jitte r s
about that examination.
jive 1. US Prevariti, nasamariti.
2. Energino plesati.
3. Budalatina, glupost, prazna pria. Slino baloney; bullshit.
4. Sitnice, starudije, andramolje. I bought a lo t o f cheap jiv e at
the five and ten cent store.
5. muz. Sving muzika iz tridesetih godina. Man, what solid
jiv e ! "
6. nark. Marihuana, trava. So Diane sm oked jiv e , no big
deal.
7. Govoriti. Odatle dont give me that jive! Ne govori takve
gluposti!
joanna ili jo an n er GB Klavir.
jo b 1. lop. Posli; kriminalni in, prevara, pljaka. Slino caper.
2. on the jo b Jebati, tucati.
3. put-up jo b lop. Prevara, podvala.
4. ju s t the jo b Upravo/ba ono to se trai. Thanks for that
screw: it was j u s t the jo b .
5. make a clean job of something S uspehom izvesti to,
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jobs for the boys Nametenja za politike pristalice.

jock GB Kita.
Jock 1. GB kotlananin.
2. US Sportista. High-school jo c k s are always m ost popular.
jock-strap Suspenzor, titnik za kitu. He lost his jo c k s tra p in the
laundry.
jo ckey GB 1. Varati, spletkariti, nasamariti.
2. Voza ili pilot.
3. Mukarac.
4. Policajac.
Joe 1. Ameriki vojnik.
2. a) Onaj kome se daje dosadan posao. b) Obian ovek,
ova, tip. Slino guy.
3. Kafa. S lin o ja va .
Joe public Obian ovek.
john 1. the john US (Javni) klozet, klonja. Isto can. W here's the
jo h n around here?
2. G BIop. Hapenje, orkiranje.
3. Kita.
4. GB Kondom, kurton.
5. lop. Pandur, pajkan.
6. Prostitutkin klijent. ...shot an 18-year-old hooker... then
plugged a jo h n who was present.
John Bull GB Engleski narod; tipian Englez.
John O Dreams GB Sanjar, idealista, nepraktian ovek.
John Thomas GB Kita. Isto John Henry.
Johnson; Jones Kita.
joh n ny 1. Momak, mladi. Slino joe; john.
2. Kico.
3. GB Kondom, kurton.
jo in t 1. US Prost lokal, krma, jazbina, rupa. Slino dive; dump.
I took one look at the jo in t and nearly retched.
2. nark. Doint, dokavac, cigareta marihuane. Isto reefer.
I've held jo in t s in m y hand... but I ne ver sm oked even one."
3. the jo in t US zat. Cuza, rupa, buvara, kavez.
4. US Kita.
jo k er US Prikan, (neozbiljan) tip; nesposobnjakovi; bezveznjak.
Slino guy; character; clown. A sk that jo k e r who the hell he
thinks he is.
jo lly GB nark. Doint, cigareta marihuane.
jordan Nokir, noa.
josh US aliti se, lakrdijati. Slino kid.
jo sser GB Budala, luda; momak, tip.

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jove!, (by) Tako mi boga!

joy-ride Vonja ili putovanje iz zabave (obi. brza vonja u ukradenim kolima). *They stole the police car and had them selves
a jo y ride. *"ln fact, even during the worst m om ents o f his old
career, when Clark had seem ed to be jo y -rid in g on a route to
destruction, he was still driven by his art."
Joy-rider nark. Onaj ko povremeno koristi narkotike, narkofil.
ju d y GB (Mlada) ena, riba,
jug 1. Otrov.
2. the jug US zat. (Lokalni) zatvor, buvara, bajbok, orka.
Refusal will result in a quick trip to the ju g .
jugged (up) lop. Zakatanen, zatvoren, iza brave, uorkiran. I get
ju g g e d for parking in the wrong places.
jughead Budala, moron, krele. Isto klutz. In January 1997
Acclaim Comics will start reprinting 164 Classics Illustrated
com ic books - adaptations o f yarns b y the likes o f Tolstoy,
Dickens, Shakespeare and Bronte that are facile enough for
Jughead.
jugs Sise, sifoni, plua, baloni. Slino hooters,
juggernaut GB Veliki kamion za duge relacije.
juggins; jiggins GB Budala, glupan, naivina. Isto jughead.
juice 1. Benzin, gorivo, orba.
2. step on the juice Nagaziti, dati gas.
3. Bilo ta to proizvodi energiju: struja, benzin itd. Turn on the
ju ic e so we can see something.
4. Alkoholno pie, viski. Slino booze; the sauce.
5. US Tra, glasina.
6. US Snaga, mo.
juicy, be Ovlaiti (ena).
jujubes Sise, sifoni.
jum ble sale Prodaja razne robe na nekom neoficijelnom mestu,
neka vrsta buvljaka. Slino carboot sale; garage sale,
jum p 1. Vidi high jum p.
2. give sb a jum p Prestraiti, prestraviti koga.
3. Napasti, zaskoiti. We ju m p e d him as he left the place.
4. Vidi how the CAT jum ps.
5. Jebati, zaskoiti. Slino l/Sjump sbs bones. I guess she
realised I ju s t wanted to ju m p h e r bones."
6. make one jum p out o f his skin okirati, iznenaditi koga.
jum p down o nes throat Skoiti kome za guu; osuti drvlje i
kamenje na koga.
jum p on Kuditi, grditi. Isto jum p all o v e rs b .
jum p the gun Prerano startovati, preuraniti. We planned it well,
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jum p the shark Doi do klimaksa, kljunog momenta (npr. kada

omiljena TV serija dostigne vrhunac). This show ju m p e d the
s h a rk after the Krusty gets cancelled episode.
jum p the ship Napustiti brad, promeniti ekipu, prei u drugi tabor,
jum ping-off point/place Polazna tacka/mesto.
ju m p y Nervozan, napet, razdraljiv, u frci.
jungle-juice Rakija.
junk 1. Bezvredna stvar, dubre, neto loeg kvaliteta; starudija,
dre(ina). Slino dreck; shit, ...but the fact is that I can
spend m y days watching ju n k television..."
2.
nark. Dank, dop, narkotik (obi. heroin). Isto smack; skag;
shit; H; brown; horse; Harry; boy. A ll he does is play a
fiddle and take ju n k .
junk mail ra. Reklamni mejl za koji prim alac obino nije zainteresovan. "I didn't have any letters today - only ju n k m a il."
junkie; ju n ky nark. Danki, narkos, heroinoman. The man I was
to find was both a ju n k ie and pusher.
junk-shop Starinamica, prodavnica polovne robe,
ju s t com e up Zelen, naivan, glup, jue se radio. D o n t come that
old caper on me. I a in t j u s t c o m e up.
ju s t the job Ba ono pravo.
ju s t the shining Perfektan.
ju s t w hat the doctor ordered Ba ono to je potrebno, prava
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kahsi GB Klonja, WC. Takoe carsey.

kale; kale-seed US Novae, novanica. Slino the green stuff,
kalied GB alk. Pijan, uikan. A n d all he could do was go out and
get k a ile d .
kaput Gotov. Slino finished,
kecks GB Pantalone, farmerke.
keep a lid on things Drati stvari pod kontrolom. Introducing a
packed preview screening, director M ichael Bay tried to keep
a lid o n th in g s , explaining that we were about to see a 50minute rough-assembly, with scenes arranged in chronological
order, but lacking crucial linking dram atic and effect
sequences.
keep an eye on Paziti/motriti na. Will you kee p an eye o n m y
cat while Im aw ay?
keep cave GB Primiriti se; paziti, uvati strau. They asked me to
kee p cave in case old Goatman came along.
keep it out! Gledaj svoja posla!
keep one guessing Drza'ti koga u neizvesnosti; nedefinisan
(odnos).
keep ones (big) mouth shut Umuknuti, drati je zik za zubima.
keep ones breath to cool ones porridge Gledati svoja posla.
keep ones cool Ostati kul, hladnokrvan; ne uzbudivati se.
keep (ones) lip buttoned Drati je zik za zubima, utati. Pay, and
I'll ke e p m y lip b u tto n e d .
keep (ones) nose clean 1. Izbegavati pie.
2. Gledati svoja posla.
3. Manuti se orava posla.
keep ones pecker up Ne klonuti duhom.
keep ones shirt/pants on Ne uzbudivati se; strpeti se. Slino
cool it. He was beginning to holler, so I told him to keep his
shirt on.
keep ones w eather eye open Drati oi otvorene; biti na oprezu.
keep ones wig cool Ostati miran, zadrati prisebnost. Suprotno
flip ones wig.
keep ones wits about one Ne dati se zbuniti, ne biti glup; biti
otrouman/pribran/bistar.
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keep tabs on Pomno motriti; paziti na; voditi zapisnik. Who's

gonna keep tabs on the receipts?
keep (sth) under (ones) hat Drati (to) u tajnosti.
keep up (ones) frock Drati u tajnosti (plan, informaciju itd);
prikrivati.
kegged Pijan, naliven, pod gasom.
kelt GB Novae, lova.
kerfuffle GB (Nepotrebna) zbrka, panika, konfuzija, frka. Isto
gefuffle; cufuffle.
kettle GB Taksimetar. Isto clock; ticker; hickory; Mary Ann.
khyfer GB ena kao seksualni parter, riba, cava. W hats the place
like? A ny good khyfer?
kibosh 1. Zaustaviti, pokvariti, spreiti, eliminisati. Slino kill.
2.
GB put the kibosh/kybosh on Dokrajiti, pokvariti, unititi,
eliminisati; onemoguiti; staviti zabranu; staviti veto na (to).
kick a gong Zapoeti svadu/raspravu.
kick-ass (and take names) US 1. Ispraiti tur; zavesti red. Slino
throw w eight around. Someone round here's gonna have to
kickass if you want this com pany to succeed.
2.
Delovati impresivno. These dancers are phenomenal, they
really know how to kick ass as performers.
kick-ass on sb US Zadavati kome muke. D on't kick-ass on m e!
I m not the one y o u re after.
kick in the pants, a Veliko razoarenje.
kick in the ass, a Podsticaj, stimulans. Isto kick in the butt; kick
in the pants; kick in the rear. Slino a shot in the arm.
W hat she needs is a kick in the ass!
kick out of sth, get a Uivati u emu, otkidati/padati na to, paliti
se na to.
kick (it) nark. Skinuti se sa droge. I don't think anybody knew any
one who had kicked it.
kick-off 1. Zapoeti. The w ar o f Jenkins E a r between Britain and
Spain kicked o ff in 1713.
2. US Umreti, odapeti, otegnuti papke.
3. Otii.
kick sbs ass Ispraiti kome tur, iutirati koga; rasturiti koga.
kick stick nark. Cigareta marihuane, doint.
kick the bucket GB Umreti, odapeti, otegnuti papke. Ches hasn't
been the same since his old lady kicked the bucket.
kick the shit o ut o f sb Isprebijati, oleiti koga. Stan knocked him
to the ground and kicked the s h it o u t o f him.
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kick(ing) ass Impresivan, "rrirak". *She's a kick-a sshe ro in e with

a big h e art. *The Sim psons have ne ver ju m p the shark! This
is m y damn favorite show! The spin-off Pulp fiction was k ic k
-a ss funny!
kicks 1. GB Farmerke, pantalone.
2. US Sportske patike.
3. fo r kicks Iz uivanja, zabave, zezanja. They killed f o r
k ic k s .
kike pogrd. US Jevrejin, Jea, ifta.
kill US Sjajno neto uraditi.
kill a snake lei'u WC. Isto see a man about a dog.
kill time Ubijati vreme, gluvariti.
kill two birds (with one stone) Jednim udarcem ubiti dve muve.
killer Neodoljiva osoba/stvar, m rak osoba/stvar. That Sylvester
Stallone movie was a k iiie r i
killer deal Sjajan, unosan posao.
killing, make a Zgrnuti bogatstvo.
king-pin Glavna, najvanija osoba, ef, bos.
king-size(d) Vei (dui) od uobiajenog, ekstra veliki/dugaak;
povean. Your nagging gives m e a k in g -s iz e headache.
kingdom com e 1. Nebo, budui ivot, drugi svet, venost.
2. Dupe,
kink 1. US log. Krimos.
2. pogrd. amuga, crnja.
3. Perverznjak.
4. Perverzija. D id he ask you to do any k in k s ?
kinky 1. udan, uvrnut, bizaran, perverzan. Isto bent; twisted.
He looks at me like that, at least h e s n ot k in k y . Thats a
relief.
2. Homoseksualan.
3. Nepoten, ilegaian. Slino crooked.
4. Ukraden.
kip GB 1. Krevet.
2.
Spavati.
kip down lei'na spavanje.
kipper Osoba, ovek; dete.
kiss-ass; kiss-butt Dupelizac, dupeuvlaka. Slino brown-nose;
ass-kisser.
kiss o f death, the Poljubac smrti, neto to sa izvesnou dovodi
do neuspeha/gorkog kraja; fatalan/opasan kontakt. His
endorsem ent will be the k is s o f death.
kiss my gritz US Poljubi me u dupe. Isto kiss m y ass.
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kisser Usta, gubica, njokalica; lice. *lt would be a pleasure to

drop one on yo u r kisser, I adm it." * "Reagan had that quizzical
do I talk now ?' look on his kisser.
kit 1. Zbirka (predmeta), kolekcija.
2. GB Odea. His idea o f rom antic chat was to say get you r
k it o ff and come over h e re.
3. nark. Narkomanski pribor, b rib o rza ubrizgavanje droge.
kitsch Kic.
kitty kock. Novani ulog (kod kartanja), pot; fond. *We made up a
kitty o f a few hundred bucks for her. *Each put 25.000 dollars
in the kitty.
Kiwi pogrd. GB Novozelandanin.
klutz, a Dileja, krele. "Don't ask J e ff to dance with you. He's a real
kiutz and will probably step on yo u r feet!"
knacker GB Iscrpeti; istroiti, izmrcvariti, iznuriti. Odatle
knackered Iscrpljen, baldisao, pao s nogu, lipsao od umora;
izmrcvaren. / kn acker m yself at m y jo b to keep h e r nice and
warm in m y house, with m y kids and m y dog."
knackered 1. Baldisao, lipsao od umora, spao s nogu.
2. Opljakan.
knackers GB Muda.
knapper GB Glava, glavuda.
knee deep (in shit) Do gue (u govnima). Man, I'm knee deep
in shit! I gotta get a lawyer.
knee high to a grasshopper Malog rasta, m etar i umska jagoda. H es been sm oking since he was knee-high to a
grasshopper.
knee (sb) in the balls 1. Udariti kolenom (obi. u stom ak ili
muda).
2.
Pogoditi koga u slabu taku.
knees, on ones 1. Iscrpljen.
2.
Na kolenima, ponizan.
knee-jerk Refleksna radnja ili odgovor. Being nasty to women is a
knee-jerk with him.
knees-up G S V esela zabava.
knee-trem bler GB Jebaina s nogu; seks na brzaka.
knife, before one can say GB Dok si rekao britva/keks.
knife through butter, like a (hot) Vrlo brzo/lako; glatko, kao kroz
puter.
knit it! Prestani!; umukni!; zaepi!
knob 1. GB Kita; glavi.
2. US Glava, tintara. Can you get that through yo u r ugly
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3. podsm. Vana linost.

4. Jebati se. If you were In with the Royal Fam ily and you
were a girl, y o u d definitely want to knob Prince Andrew o r
someone.
knobs Sise, sifoni. Slino knockers.
knock 1. Kritikovati, "pljuvatiSlino p utsb/sth down. Odatle
knocking-copy Oglas koji kritikuje rivalski proizvod. Their film
critic knocks every flick in sight.
2. GB lop. Ubiti. I've ne ver spoken to anyone I m going to
knock.
3. GB Jebati, tucati.
4. Jebanje, eva, kresanje. A ll I wanted was a bit o f a knock
with Clive, I m not interested in futile relationships.
5. take a knock Pretrpeti gubitak (obi. finansijski).
knock about/around 1. Lutati, potucati se, lunjati, putovati. Slino
kick around.
2.
Jebati, tucati. Susan George is the actress and she is
knocked about. In the rape scene it is clear she enjoys it.
knock all o f a heap Zapanjiti, preneraziti, okirati.
knock back GB 1. Iskapiti, popiti naiskap. The Colonel got his
drink, and after he had knocked it back with one sw ift motion,
he began to feel better.
2.
Kotati. The evening knocked him back a few pounds.
knock cold Veoma zadiviti, oboriti s nogu. The film 's knocking
people cold.
knock for six Poraziti; zapanjiti.
knock hell out of Kazniti; poraziti.
knock into a cocked hat Potpuno poraziti, smlaviti; biti superioran (nad kim); sabiti (koga) u miju rupu. This knocks ou r
whole case into a cocked hat.
knock it off Prestani!
knock it on the head! Umukni!; zaepi'
knock o ff 1. US Ubiti. Slino rub out.
2. Ukrasti, opljakati, orobiti. Slino hold up; knock over.
They knocked o ff a lorryload o f antiques."
3. GB Jebati, tucati. The 18-year-old he had been knocking
o ff since she was 14.
4. Poraziti, nadvladati.
knock over Opljakati. Had I agred to help him knock o ver a
gas station?
knock sb bending Oboriti koga s nogu.
knock sb s block o ff GB Otkinuti kome glavu; prebiti koga,
odalam iti/pripaliti koga. Slino clobber. The park-keeper
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knock sb dead Oboriti koga s nogu.

knock sb/sth into the middle o f next w eek 1. Poraziti.
2. Mlatnuti, odalamiti. Slino clobber,
knock/blow sbs socks off Impresionirati koga. Isto kill; send.
The top-of-the-range digital tuner that has knocked m y socks
off...
knock sth out Napraviti, proizvesti (na brzinu), tancovati. We've
been knocking out over a hundred o f those every w eek."
knock spots off Lako/ubedljivo poraziti; biti superioran.
knock (sb) up Napraviti dete, napumpati.
knocked out 1. alk. Pijan, uikan.
2. nark. Stondiran, "uraden".
3. Vrlo umoran, prem laen.
knocker 1. GB Onaj ko pozajmljuje novae; dunik.
2. Buda, glavni, bos, gazda. Slino big shot; macher.
3. on the knocker (lei) od vrata do vrata (trgovaki putnik).
knockers G S S ise, sifoni. Slino hooters. Aliens have
enorm ous knockers, according to the Sunday Sport."
knocking shop/joint GB Javna kua, bordel, jebarnik. Life here
was hell with that girl. We thought she was running a
knocking shop and it drove us all m ad ."
knothead Budala, krele.
know 1. know the ropes/ones w ay around/the time of day/
how m any beans make five/a thing (trick) or tw o/w hats
what/which w ay the wind blow s/ones onions Znati posao,
znati znanje, biti dobro informisan, ne biti budala.
2. Vidi not that I know of.
3. in the know Upuen u (to).
4. not to know w hether one is coming or going Zbunjen,
neodluan.
know-how Vetina, pogot. tehnika; praktino znanje. Takes
know -how to run that thing.
know-it-all Pametnjakovi. Isto wise-ass; sm art/w ise guy;
smart-ass; bigmouth.
know shit from shinola Znati ta je ta, razlikovati konja od
magarca; razlikovati dupe od glave; znati znanje.
know the score Znati znanje.
know w here the bodies are buried Znati stvari koje malo ko zna
(obi. u vezi s kriminalnim radnjama). The president reckoned
he had to keep that law yer quiet, because he kn ew where the
bodies were buried.
knucklehead US Idiot, moron, krelac, krele. Slino bonehead.
kook US Ekscentrik, udak; lujka, krele, dileja. Slino nut;
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kooky; kookie aav, aknut, otkaen. Slino dippy; goofy,

kosher Pravi, istinit, ispravan, prihvatljiv, ba kakavtreba. L e ts
c h e c k o u t h is s o -c a lle d c o m p a n y a n d see i f it's a k o s h e r
s e t-u p ."
kraut vaba, vabotije.
kudos GB Slava, priznanje, hvalospev; (svaka) cast. *He g o t a
g re a t d e a l o f k u d o s f o r h is w o rk a t the u n iv e rs ity . * K u d o s to
fo rm e rly lo n g -h a ire d L iv T y le r f o r h e r cute , c h ic cro p .
kyber Vidi khyber.
kybosh Vidi kibosh,
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lace-ups Cipele ili izme na pertlanje.

lad Mladi, momak, ovek. Takode a bit o f a lad.
laddy {III' -ie) Stari mome!; prikane!
Lady Muck GB Uobraena ena. Videti Lord Muck. Who does
she think she is, carrying on like L a d y M u c k ?
lag z at. 1. Zatvorenik, osudenik, kanjenik.
2. Bilo kakav kriminalac.
laid 1. Vidi lay.
2. get laid Povaliti, potucati, kresnuti.
lam 1. Mlatiti, tui, lemati.
2. on the lam US U bekstvu (iz zatvora/vojske).
lam into Napasti (koga).
lame dog Isto to i lame duck.
lame duck 1. Nemona osoba (kojoj treba pomo); eprtlja.
2. US Politiar iji m andat uskoro istie.
3. Preduzee u finansijskim tekoama.
lamp Visiti, gluvariti.
landslide 1. Preokret, neoekivano dobijanje velike veine na
izborima.
2. Senzacionalan, s velikom veinom. a la n d s lid e victory.
lap dance Vrsta erotskog plesa, pri emu se igraica nalazi u
m uarevom krilu i uvija telom nastojei da ga uzbudi.
lap up 1. Pohlepno popiti.
2. Laskati.
large (one) US 1000 dolara. as 15 large ones. Vidi big one.
lark GB 1. ala, lakrdija, zabava, zezanje.
2.
Vrsta aktivnosti. I m up to m y ears in this bloody diesel la rk.
lark about Ludo se zabavljati, lakrdijati, praviti ludorije.
larrup Tui, mlatiti.
lash-up 1. Totalna zbrka, haos.
2. Zabava, sedeljka.
3. Fijasko, neuspeh.
lashings Mnogo, izobilje {obit, jela i pica)'
lassie GB Riba, devojka.
last straw, the Kap koja je prevrila au.
latW C , klonja(ra).
latch on (to) 1. Zgrabiti, epati. L a tc h on to the first seat that's
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2. Shvatiti, ukaiti, ukapirati, skontati. Slino dig. He finally

latched onto the truth.
laugh fit to bust Pucati/cepati se od smeha; smejati se od srca.
Slino laugh like a drain; laugh like hell; laugh ones head
off.
lay 1. Polegua, ena dobra u seksu. She's okay as a lay, but
thats about all.
2. Tucanje, kresanje. H e s not interested in her, h e s ju s t
looking fo r a lay.
3. Tucati, povaliti. Each one in the gang laid her.
lay a cable Pustiti govno, kenjati. Isto drop/dum p ones load,
layabout GB Lentina, lenja buba, lezilebovi. Slino lazybones,
lay-by GB Mesto za parking (uz put).
lay down the law Samovoljno se ponaati, nametati svoju volju.
lay into Napasti (verbalno); istui, izmlatiti.
lay it on thick ili with a trowel 1. Preterivati.
2. Grubo laskati, preterano hvaliti.
la y o ff 1. Oladiti, prestati. So lay o ff o r I'll split yo u r head, baby.
2. Dati (privremeni) otkaz radniku. Odatle lay-offs Otputeni
radnici.
lay/put (sth) on the line US Namerno rizikovati, staviti na kocku.
If you try this, rem em ber you are laying y o u r ass on the line.
lay on to be Pretvarati se. I don't lay on to be a saint.
lay o nes cards on the table Otvoriti karte.
lay/put ones shirt Kladiti se u sve, u poslednju paru.
lead in (ones) pencil Energinost, snaga; muka seksualna
mo/potencija.
lead me to it! Sa zadovoljstvom!
lead sb a dance Zadavati kome muke/neprilike.
lead, swing the GB 1. Zabuavati, eskivirati, izvlaiti se. Odatle
lead-swinger Zabuant.
2. Hvalisati se.
lead up the garden path Varati, zavaravati. W ill anyone know
who led whom down the garden path?
leading question Sugestivno pitanje.
leaf nark. 1. Marihuana, trava, vutra. We blew some le a f and
m ellow ed out.
2. the leaf Kokain.
leak 1. Pikiti, pustiti vodu. Obi. take a leak. Isto piss.
2. Procureti (informacija). Odatle leaker Onaj od koga cure
informacije. Then the FCC report was leakedto the pre ss.
3. Trik, smicalica.
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leathering 1. Mlatiti.
2. Batine.
leave in the lurch Ostaviti na cedilu.
leech Dosadna osoba, pijavica, krpelj, smara, smor.
left-handed com plim ent Neiskren kompliment.
leftie ili -y Komunjara, crveni, leviar. He has been described as
a snob... and a Camden lefty... "
leg it Brzo hodati, trati; putovati; pobei, napustiti, furnuti. His
pals sprang him b y blow ing a hole in the wall. He then legged
it to Amsterdam, where he changed his name.
leg-over GB 1. Jebanje. Isto a bit o f leg over.
2. have ones leg over Jebati, povaliti, potucati,
leg-pull Zaikivanje, zavitlavanje. Slino put-on.
leg, pull ones Zavitlavati/zezati koga.
leg-up 1. Prednost. You can go in with a leg upon other people.
2. Pomo, asistencija. H ell do OK, but he needs a financial
leg up to get_ started.
legal (b)eagle (ustar) advokat. In 1979 Davis's legal eagles got
him acquitted again."
leggo (skra. od let go) Pusti.
legit, the Drama (pozorini komad) priznate i prihvaene
vrednosti.
legs of, have the Biti bri, bre trati od; biti ispred.
lemon 1. US Neto bezvredno/beskorisno; neuspeh, fijasko,
orak, promaaj. Slino clinker. That sho w s a lemon.
2. Krele, dileja.
3. Vidi answ er is a lemon.
4. Penis, kita.
5. US Atraktivna devojka/m ulatkinja. Slino high yellow.
6. hand (sb) a lemon Prevariti, prei, izigrati.
7. sell sb a lemon Prodati kome rog za sveu.
8. the answ er is a lemon Ne; negativan odgovor, ipak. It's
pretty depressing to produce a quality article like this, spend
thousands o f dollars on sales promotion, only to find that the
public's an sw er is a lemon.
lemons Sise, sisice.
less of the lip Manje price',
let-down Razoaranje. Slino comedown,
let o ff Prdnuti. Isto let one off; let one go.
let/blow off steam Dati (sebi) oduka.
let fly Iznenada napasti (verbalno ili fiziki).
let o nes (back) hair down Opustiti se, otvoriti se, leerno se
ponaati. A lot o f men that I have been with do not le t their
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let out an S. B. D. (silent but deadly) Prdnuti, pustiti gnjurca.

lettuce US Novae, novanice, zelembai, uke. Slino cabbage,
lezza Lezbejka. I cant believe sh e s not a le z z a !"
lick, at a (great) Velikom brzinom.
lick and a promise, a GB Brzo, povrno pranje; pljuni pa obrii.
lid 1. eir, kapa, lem, kaciga.
2. nark. Paket(i) marihuane.
lid on it, thats put the (tin-) To prevruje meru, to je ono
poslednje.
lie doggo GB Primiriti se, pritajiti se. Slino lie low.
lie with ones fathers Biti sahranjen/pokopan.
life o f Reilly/Riley, the Grofovski, lagodan ivot.
life, not on your Ni za ivu glavu.
life o f me, fo r the Nikako. I cant understand it f o r the life o f m e.
lifer zat. O sudenikna doivotnu robiju. ...black life r Jamaes
Skinner strolled into the exercise yard ...
lift 1. Ukrasti, dignuti, maznuti, gepiti. He got caught liftin g a
chicken from the convenience store.
2. lop. Uhapsiti, orkirati.
3. Piti (alkohol). W hat say we go and l i f t a few ?
4. Objaviti deo neijeg rada kao svoj, plagirati.
5. Udariti, mlatnuti.
lift(-)off Uzletanje, lansiranje.
lift o nes elbow Nakretati au, piti.
lift o nes little finger, not Ni prstom mai.
light fantastic, the Igrati. Obi. trip the light fantastic Igra.
like a shot/billy-(ho)/the very devil/buggery/a bat out of
hell/lightning/a house on fire/hot cakes/blazes/m ad/
w ildfire Veoma brzo ili uspeno; kao munja.
like a ton o f bricks, come down (on one) Obruiti se (na koga).
like anything estoko, veoma, onoliko. I laughed lik e a n y th in g .
like(ly) as not Vrlo verovatno, po svoj prilici.
like death (warmed up), feel/be Biti vrlo lose, *
like enough Vrlo verovatno.
like hell 1. Vrlo loe.
2.
Uopte ne!; naravno da ne!
like to like Slini se drue.
lim ey 1. US pogrd. Britanac. Isto lim e-juicer. The lim e y s are
unhappy over the weakness o f the pound sterling.
2.
US Mornar ili vojnik.
limit, the (absolute, dizzy ili giddy) To je vrhunac!; to prelazi sve
granice!
lim p-dick Nesposobnjakovi; mrtvo puvalo; impotenko.

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lim p-w rist Peder, derpe, pea, homi.

line 1. nark. Linija (kokaina ili heroina.) But I don't think I ve had
line since then.
2. Vidi lay on the line,
line o f country Profesija, struka, brana, hobi. W hat's y o u r lin e
o f c o u n try in civvy street?
line (on), get a Ustanoviti.
line-shooter Hvalisavac, puvadija. Vidi shoot a line,
link-man GB V oditelj i koordinator televizijskih i radio-diskusija.
Slino anchor man.
lip Drskost, bezobrazluk, odgovaranje. Odatle lippy Drzak.
Lesson num ber one: learn to give less lip and do more work.
little bit o f fluff Seksualno atraktivna ena; kurvica.
little W illie Kita, kitica, dokica.
little wom an, the Moja ena.
live like a lord/fighting cock GB iveti kao lord,
live out o f a suitcase GB Stalno biti na putu.
livestock GB Gamad.
live to teM the tale Preiveti.
live wire iva vatra, energina osoba.
living end, the Najbolji mogui.
load Dokoliar, parazit.
load of, a Mnogo, puno.
load of, get a Sluati, razumeti, ukapirati.
load on, have a Biti mrtav pijan.
loaded 1. Pijan, naliven. Men act different when they get lo ad ed.
2. nark. Drogiran, uraden
3. Pun para/love; pun k'o brod; nafatiran. Slino filthy rich;
rolling in it. They're all lo a d e d in that neighborhood.
loaded fo r bear Spreman na sve.
loads Sva sila, silesija, mnogo.
loaf (of bread) GB Glava, vijuge, pamet. Obi. use ones loaf
Munuti glavom.
loafer Dokoliar.
lobscouse Paprikas
lock-up zat. Zatvor, pritvor; zatvorska elija. Slino cooler; tank,
loco US Lud, poludeo, poblesavio. Slino nuts. He took one look
and ju s t went lo c o .
locum Zam enik (lekara ili svetenika).
lollipop GB 1. Cinkariti, otkucati. It wouldnt be like Smoky to
lo llip o p his mates.
2. lollipop lady/man Osoba koja runim signalnim znakom
zaustavlja saobraaj kada deca prelaze ulicu.
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lolly 1. GB Novae, lova.

2. Prodavnica.
3. Bilo ta lako.
long-faced 1. Utuen, snuden.
2. have a long face Izgledati zlovoljno, snudeno, smrknuto.
long in the tooth GB Prestar, mator, postariji, zaao u godine.
The actor is a bit long in the tooth to be playing Tom Sawyer.
long johns/ones Dugake gae.
long shot Neto neizvesno; neizvestan pokuaj; mali (su) izgledi.
Slino dark horse. The idea's a long shot, but it's worth a try.
long streak o f misery, a Mizerija, veiti pesimista. Here he
com es again - the long streak o f m isery!
long vac Letnji raspust.
long-winded Opiran, dosadan, zamoran.
longs Farmerke normalne duine, za razliku od ortsa.
loo, the GB Toalet, venecija.
looby Budala, glupan, krele.
look down ones nose at Prezirati; gledati s nipodatavanjem,
gledati snishodljivo na. He looked down his nose a t me as if
I were some loathsome thing in his past.
look-in ansa, prilika. She never even had a look-in.
look lively Pouriti.
look-out Odgovornost, problem. Vidi funeral. Its his own
look-out.
look-see, take/have a Pogledati, baciti pogled.
look sharp/snappy/slipp(er)y Pouriti.
look towards! U zdravlje!; iveli! Obi. I looks towards
you! U zdravlje!
look w ho s talking! Pazi ti njega!
loon(e)y 1. Ludak, idiot, debil, bolid, blesa, krele. Isto loon.
Slino nutty.
loony bin Ludnica; ludara, dilkarnica. Isto nut-house. "'The
Red Spider' was sent to a loony bin... "
loop 1. Budala, krele, dileja.
2. go loopy Uzbuden, ljut.
looped US Pijan, pod gasom.
loop-legged GB alk. Pijan, naljoskan.
loopy Blesav, bleskast, luckast. Slino nutty,
loose 1. Raskalaan, promiskuitetan.
2. on the loose a) Na slobodi. b) Pijani, lumpuje.
3. Vidi screw loose.
4. at a loose end Dokon, besposlen.
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loose talk Dugaak jezik; vaka, pria. This perp's lo o s e ta lk is

what worries me.
loot Lova, novae. I tell you what though, Zackerm an can
recruit the very best because h e s g ot the lo o t.
Lord Muck GB Uobraenko. Well, won't you ju s t look at them L o rd and L a d y M u ck.
lose ones cool Izai iz takta, razljutiti se. Suprotno keep ones
cool.
lose ones marbles Pogubiti se, poblesaviti, poseniliti, postati
kreana.
lose ones rag GB Pobesneti.
lose ones cherry Izgubiti nevinost.
loser Nesretnik, gubitnik, luzer.
louse up US 1. Pokvariti; unititi; pobrkati. Slino bollix up; mess
up.
2. Sjebati, skenjati. Slino screw up. H ell get prom oted next
month if he doesnt lo u s e up.
lousy Prljav; gadan; odvratan; lo. Slino crummy,
lousy with Dupke pun, kreat (ega). * "That hotel was lo u s y w ith
perverts. * Peter is lo u s y w ith money.
love lumps GB Grudi, sise.
love muscle Ljubavni mii, miko, oka.
love of Mike!, for the Zaboga!
lovelyjubbly! G S S jajno!; bajno!; izvanredno!
lover boy US enskaro, osvaja, zavodnik, ljubavnik. Slino
ladies man; casanova.
loverly = lovely
low-keyed 1. Uzdran, diskretan.
2. in a low key Uzdrano.
low profile, keep a Primiriti se, pritajiti se.
low water, in Bez novca, vorc.
low (-)brow 1. Onaj ko nema velike intelektualne zahteve;
neintelektualac; prizemlja; primitivac; sirovina.
2. Popularan (ukus itd). Vidi high(-)brow.
lowdown, the injenice, prava istina.
lubricated Pijan, uletvljen, uikan.
luck, down on ones Bez prebijene pare, dekintiran.
lulu 1. Zgodna devojka.
2.
Atraktivan/spektakularan objekat/dogadaj; m rak osoba/stvar.
He said the aquarium w as a lu lu .
lumber, in (dead) U (ozbiljnoj) nevolji.
lum ber GB Nevolja, nezgoda, neprilika. One night I got into a bit
o f lu m b e r because I started giggling at the efforts o f a fat lady
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lumbered U (finansijskoj) nevolji; uhapen.

lum berer Prevarant, varalica.
lunch Neto veoma lako.
lungs Sise, sifoni, plua. Isto knockers.
lush GB 1. Devojka bujnih oblina, bombona.
2. Soan, bujan; bogat, izvrstan. W ell, h o w w as it ? " - L u s h ".
3. Pijanac.
lushed (up) a lk. Pijan, uletvljen.
luvverly = lovely
lying down, take something Prihvatiti bez protivljenja/bez
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macho Mao, naglaeno muevan. "H er husband would never

agree to help with the housework; he's too m a c h o to do that."
Mac(k) GB Uopteni izraz za obraanje kotlananinu.
McCoy, the real Prava stvar.
made, have something Hi b e S/f/ srean ili uspean.
Mae W est GB Pojas za spasavanje.
main-brace, splice the GB Piti, nakrenuti au, nazdraviti;
distribuirati pie.
mainline nark. 1. Vana vena, centralka.
2. Ubosti se u venu, roknuti se. Isto shoot up. He made
him self a fix... and he m a in lin e d it.
m ain-liner nark. Teak narkos, dankoza.
make a break Pobei, umai (policiji).
make a day ili night o f it Posvetiti ceo dan/no odredenoj stvari.
make a go o f (it) Uspeti.
make a hole in ones pocket GB Kotati kao davo.
make a hole in the bottle GB Poprilino cugnuti.
make a killing Zgrnuti bogatstvo; namlatiti lovu.
make a m onkey of one Napraviti koga budalom.
make a pass at Pokuati (koga) zbariti/smuvati; startovati (koga).
Isto put a move on sb. M any man are used to being rejected
when they m ake a p a ss. "..
make a score US 1. nark. Kupiti/' uraditi drogu. Isto score.
2.
kock. Dobiti na kocki. But I m ake s c o re s and they keep me
going fo r a while.
make a song and dance (about) GB Dii halabuku.
make an exhibition of oneself Praviti od sebe budalu.
make good Uspeti.
make heavy w eather o f GB Imati tekoe sa.
make it 1. Uspeti. Slino go over. The charts showed we had
m ad e it, and big.
2.
Preiveti. H e's so sick, I don't think h e 'll m ake it.
make it hot for Vidi hot for.
make it together Imati seksualni odnos.
make no odds Biti bez vanosti; ne initi razliku.
make on Pretvarati se.
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make the rounds Cirkulisati, obii parohiju, promuvati se. I have
to m ake m y rounds first and then I'll come over.
make them, as stupid/clever etc. as they Krajnje glup/pametan
itd.
make tracks Otii.
make waves US Talasati, praviti probleme. Isto rock the boat.
The case continues to m ake waves in the state.
mark sb s card Dati kome pozuzdano obavetenje, uputiti koga u
stvar.
man about town Gradska faca, gradska muvara.
man in the boat GB Klitoris. Isto clit.
man-size(d) Ekstra veliki/teak.
man-sized job Teak posao/zadatak.
mandarin Buda, budovan, uticajan politiar.
mandrax US nark. Sedativ.
manhandle Surovo, grubo postupati (s kirn),
m anky GB 1. Majmunisati (se), glupirati se.
2. Lo, loeg kvaliteta.
map out US Planirati. Let's m ap o u t what w ere gonna do
tomorow.
marbles 1. Muda.
2. Novae, bogatstvo. The big m arbles are not earned at the
Festival Theatres o r the Old Vic.
3. have all ones marbles Biti priseban; biti zdravog razuma.
Suprotno lose ones marbles. I still have m o st o f m y
m arbles, he said cheerfully.
marines, tell it to the (horse) Priaj ti to nekom drugom.
mark Naivko, ovca. Slino sucker; meat.
mark sbs card GB Dati kome obavetenje/m ig. You can leave it
to me, I'll m ark his card for him.
Mary(queen) g. Peko, guziar.
Mary Ann 1. nark. Marihuana, cigareta marihuane. Isto Mary
Jane.
2. GB Taksimetar. Isto clock; ticker; kettle; hickory.
mash 1. GB (Napraviti) aj.
2. US Ljubav, ljubavna afera.
3. Ljubavnik; ljubavnica.
mat, on the GB U nevolji, na tapetu, strogo ukoren. Slino on the
carpet.
mate Drug, drugar, pajt(a), pajt(os).
m atey 1. Isto to i mate.
2.
Drugarski, prisan, intiman.
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meal ticket Vetina, sposobnost, pozicija itd. koja obezbeduje
sredstva za ivot i prihode; zlatna koka. * Pedro is nothing but
a m eal ticket for this bimbo. *His looks are his m eal ticket.
mean a thing, not Bez vanosti. He d oesn t m ean a thing in m y
young life.
mean motherfucker, a Sisaica, puika; surova pika. Barb Wire
is a real mean motherfucker.
m eany {III' -ie) Zloa. Slino heavy,
m easly Bedan, jadan, mizeran, bezvredan, majuan.
m eat Kita.
meatball US Krele, budala, dijabola. Isto creep; jerk,
m eat m arket US Bar u koji dolaze oni koji nemaju
partnera/partnerku.
m eatw ag(g)on US 1. Am bulantna kola. Joe woke up in the
meatwagon.
2. top. (Policijska) marica. Isto black maria; milk wagon,
m eet o nes W aterloo Nadrljati, sjebati se.
menace (Prava) napast, dave, gnjavator.
mental GB 1. Mentol, krele. Slino nutty.
2. Luckast, uvrnut. One night we drove to a party but when
we arrived it was the m ost m ental do ever - everyone had pink
o r blue h a ir and weird clothes...
meshuga Luckast, udan, ekscentrian, uvrnut.
message, get the Ukapirati, skontati, razumeti.
Mick; Micky; Mike pogrd. Irac, irskog porekla. Isto Paddy;
bog-lrish; bogtrotter.
mick US voj. Minut. Give me five m icksto bring this off.
m ickey (out of), take the Izraditi, ismejati (koga). Isto take the
Michael.
M ickey Mouse ///m ickey mouse 1. Lanjak, bofl, kozmetika.
Its hard to get pa st the m ickey m ouse and see what the hell
theyre driving at.
2. Laan.
3. Samo naoko vredan, jeftin. A nd I dont think M ickey M ouse
changes are going to work.
4. Jednostavan, lak. A M ickey M ouse course m eans a snap
course.
5. Povran, bezvredan. A M ickey M ouse survey o f popular
culture.
6. Zajeb. The only big M ickey Mouse... was a b rie f shortage
of... jung le boots.
Mickey Mouse around Zezati se, besposliiti. Isto fool around.
We cant M ickey M ouse around while faced with
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miffed Ljutit, uvreen.
Mike, for the love o f GB Zaboga!
milk-run Stalan Ili lak posao/zadatak; bilo ta rutinsko.
milk sb dry Izmusti, iscediti koga (finansijski). Janis m ilked the
p o o r sucker dry, but he didn't even realize it.
milk wagon US lop. (Policijska) marica.
mind-blowing 1. Uzbudljiv, okantan, fantastian. The speech
was mind-blowing.
2. Koji izaziva duevno uzbudenje, ekstazu (obi. droga).
mind-fuck Raspametiti koga. Slino brainwash. Odatle mindfucker Osoba koja moe da raspameti. M ost gurus are
m agnificent and filthy-rich mind-fuckers.
mind out! GB Pazi!
mind your back(s)! GB Skloni (mi) se (s puta)!
mind your eye GB Pazi!; uvaj se!
minge GB Minda, pika.
m int Nov-novcat, ispod ekia. a m in t copy.
mish-mash Zbrka, kaa.
miss 1. (skra. od miscarriage) Pobaaj.
2.
Vidi give a miss,
miss out (on) Propustiti, ispustiti ansu/priliku. Though I m iss out
on m any a piece o f tail where another bloke would grab it.
miss is as good as a mile, a 1. Neuspeh ostaje neuspeh ma
koliko bio blizu uspehu.
2.
Glavno je izbei nevolju pa m akar samo i za dlaku.
miss the bus Propustiti priliku.
miss the boat 1. Propustiti priliku. Slino blow it. He ignored
good advice, and m issed the boat.
2.
Ne shvatiti sutinu. Boy, you sure m issed the b oat that
time. Let me rephrase it m ore simply.
missus, the ena, supruga. Slino the little wom an. He wanted
the m issus to get some sleep.
mistake, and no 0 tom nema sumnje; nema greke. That
apples a big one, no m istake!
mitt; m ita ka ; apa; pesnica; ruka.
mix-up Zbrka, zabuna; pometnja, guvanjac, tua. Slino mess.
Theres an aw ful m ix-up over at the plant today.
mo = moment
mob US 1. Banda.
2.
the mob Mafija.
m ock/m ocks/m ocker(s) on, put the GB Stopirati, obustaviti,
ruinirati, sahraniti (plan, ideju itd). Those 2 defeats last week
have p u t the m ockers on o u r team s chances o f winning this
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model of, the (very) Slika i prilika.
mog off Odmagliti, otii.
mog(gy); moggie GB Maka.
m oither Nervirati. Some m others have the talent to keep on
m oithering their kids.
mojo US 1. arh. Amajlija.
2. Magini arm ili uticaj; harizma. When you got the mojo,
brother, when y o u re on the inside, the world is fantastic.
3. nark. Bilo koji narkotik.
4. Vrsta plesa.
5. have (sbs) mojo working Biti u top formi.
moke 1. GB Magarac.
2. pogrd. Crnja, amuga.
moll GB 1. Kurva.
2. ena.
3. lop. Devojka kriminalca. Slino gun moll,
m oney for jam /old rope Lako zaraen novae,
m oney from a blindman, like pinching Veom a lako.
money, made o f Bogat.
m oney talks Para vrti (gde burgija nee); para dupe vrti; novae
otvara sva vrata. In N ew York, boy, m oney really talks, Im
not kidding.
monkey 1. GB 500 funti. US 500 dolara. M y client is n ot the kind
o f man to be satisfied with a mere m onkey for his services.
2. get o nes m onkey up Razljutiti se, razbesneti se.
3. put sbs m onkey up Iznervirati, razljutiti koga.
4. cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass m onkey
Hladno da se smrznu muda.
5. not to give/care m onkeys (toss) Ne biti uopte briga;
pucati kurac.
monkey/funny business 1. Majmunisanje, marifetluci. He was
full o f m o n key business, the clown.
2.
Sumnjiva posla. Show these kids y o u re going to stand for
no m onkey business.
monkey tricks Majmunisanje; sumnjiva posla. Slino m onkey
business.
m on(n)iker Ime; nadimak; pseudonim; potpis. Ricord picked up a
new m oniker am ong US narcotics agents."
month o f Sundays, (not once in a) Nikada, ni u sto godina.
mooch 1. Dangubiti, gluvariti, smucati se.
2. US Pozajmljivati, ic(k)ati. He went around m ooching
cigarettes.
3. Ukrasti, gepiti, maznuti.
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m oody GB llegalan, laan, sumnjive vrednosti, sumnjivog kvaliteta/porekla. They accused him o f selling m oody ge ar o ff his
stall in market.
m oonlighter 1. Bigamist.
2. G S Tezgaro, onaj ko im a jo je d a n posao osim redovnog.
m oonraker 1. Krijumar; vercer.
2. Budala.
moonshine Blebetanje, besmislica, glupost. Slino baloney;
bullshit. His story's plain moonshine.
moon rock US nark. Droga koja se sastoji od heroina i kreka. Isto
speedball; parachute,
mop GB Kosa.
mop the floor with 1. S lakoom poraziti (koga); potui do nogu.
2. Premlatiti, pobrisati pod s (kime). Slino clobber. Im sure
she'll stick around after watching the guy m op the floo r with
you!
mop up 1. Piti, lokati.
2. Eliminisati/zbrisati ostatke opozicije/neprijateljske vojske;
pobrisati pod s (kime); dokrajiti (koga). Odatle mopping-up
(operations).
3.
Dovriti; posvravati (poslove).
m oppet GB Devojica, devoje, lutkica.
more kicks than halfpence GB Vise'aiosti nego radosti.
more like Pre e biti. Six bottles wont be enough; w ell need
m ore like eleven.
more like (it) To je ve bolje. Six bottles? Eleven will be more like
it.
more the merrier, the to vie, to bolje.
m osey US Ii, odetati (polako/besciljno); lutati. Slino ease on. I
think I ll m o sey over and see w hats going on.
m ostest = nagl. most
m other 1. g. Zenstven mukarac, homoseksualac.
2. g. Stariji homoseksualac, zatitnik.
3. US Kukavica, pizda.
m otherfucker US 1. Pederina, drkadija, pizda, dubre, kreten.
Slino bastard; shitell. You'd be tte r watch out, m other
fucker!
2. Stari drugar, pajt(os), ortak. I was in big trouble until John
came along. That m other-fucker saved m y life.
3. Zajebant.
m others ruin Din (pie).
motions, go through the Pretvarati se, folirati se. H er husband
wouldnt make love to h e r anymore, h e d ju s t go through the
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mouthful, a 1. Duga re teka za izgovor; re da se slomi jezik.
Slino jaw breaker.
2. US Mnogo, sva sila.
3. say a mouthful Rei neto iznenaujue/vano/impresivno.
mouth and trousers, all Neko ko umilja d a je seksualno
privlaan.
mouth, shut your Umukni, zaepi.
m outhpiece GB Advokat; osoba za kontakte sa javnou (PR).
Slino lip.
mouth too wide, open ones Mnogo brbljati, priati svata.
move on, get a Pouriti.
move pot nark. Prodavati marihuanu/hai, valjati travu.
movie-fiend est posetilac bioskopa, strastveni filmofil.
m ozzy Komarac.
Mrs palm and her five daugters GB Drkanje, runi rad.
muck 1. Vidi Lord Muck.
2. as muck Krajnje; to je mogue vise. Common as m u ck.
3. make a muck o f Zaprljati; pokvariti, zabrljati, zeznuti,
zasrati.
muck about/around GB Dangubiti, badavadisati; glupirati se.
Slino g oof around,
muck in Raditi.
muck out Oistiti, poistiti.
muck up Zaprljati; pokvariti, zeznuti, zabrljati, zasrati.
m ucker 1. GB Prijatelj, drugar, pajta, pajt(os). There you are,
Keith, me old m u cke r.
2. US Pokvarenjak, kvamjak.
m ud-hook Sidro.
mud in your eye! GB Sreno!; nazdravlje! He raised his glass
and said: M u d in y o u r eye".
mud, ones name is Z abrljao je , u nemilosti je; potonula reputacija; okaljan obraz, okaljano ime.
m ud-slinger Klevetnik.
mud-slinging Klevetanje. Slino smear,
m udlark GB Deran, derite, balavac.
m uff 1. GB Zabrljati, pokvariti; propustiti (priliku). If you m uffihis
chance you won't get another.
2. US Pika.
mug(g) 1. GB Usta, lice, faca. She's got a handsom e m ug .
2. Fotografisati ije lice (naro. za policijski dosije).
3. Budala, glupak, ovca.
3. to mug Presresti i opljakati na ulici. An old lady was
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mug shot Fotografija prestupnika za policijski dosije. When
crooks are photographed they are m u g g e d .
mug up GB Bubati za ispit.
m ugs gam e GB Budalast/neuspean poduhvat/posao; igra za
budale. Reviving pa st glory is... a m u g s gam e. "
mugging GB Pljaka.
muggins GB Budala, naivina, ovca, gubitnik. A nd m u g g in s
here was left holding the bill.
mugwump GB Budalasta/neodluna osoba.
m ullarkey GB Neprihvatljivo ponaanje/postupak itd.
mulled GB alk. Pijan, naljoskan, uletvljen.
mumbo jum bo Glupost, kojetarija. I know last y e a r I said I
would give up all m um bo ju m bo but som etim es a little m u m b o
ju m b o can inject a note o f hope in situation where it all seem s
hopeless.
m um s the word GB Nikom ni red.
m urder will out Istina e (na kraju) izbiti na videlo.
m urphy GB Krompir.
muscle 1. Miiava, nabildovana osoba, bilder(ka).
2. Mo, sila, uticaj.
m ushy 1. Sladunjav, jeftino sentimentalan; srceparajud. Slino
corny.
2.
Zacopan, zatreskan. The kid got m u s h y with the broad.
m ust haves Stvar koja se mora imati.
musta US nark. Marihuana.
m utt Budala, krele, dileja. Slino klutz; muttonhead. A m u tt?
Yeah, h e s that all right. Not too much brains.
mutton-head; mutton-top US Budala, glupan, klipan, uskija.
Odatle m utton-headed Budalast.
my foot! GB Davolal; ne verujem ti! You're sorry? Sorry, m y fo o t!.

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nab GB Uhvatiti, epati, uhapsiti. Slino collar. The officers
n a b b e d him around the comer.
nadgers, give one the Id na ivce, unervoziti.
nads US Muda.
naff of! GB Odjebi! Isto fuck off!
nail sb 1. Uhvatiti, ukebati, upecati koga. Slino nab.
2.
US Povaliti, potucati (ensku). Slino fuck,
nam by GB Slabi, mokljan, onja. Isto namby-pam by; wimp.
"Him? He's a fucking n a m b y .
name the day GB Prihvatiti ponudu za venanje (ena).
name, to o nes GB U posedu. He hasn't a penny to h is nam e.
name in vain, take sbs Govoriti s nepotovanjem o kome, ocrniti
koga.
nana GB Budalasta osoba, dileja, krelac, krele. Obi. a right
nana Ba budala.
nancy (boy) pogrd. GB Peder, peko. See the n a n c y b o y s do
their dance.
narc ili narco nark. A gent za narkotike. Isto gazer,
nards US Muda.
nark GB 1. lop. Dounik, taster, cinkaro. Slino stool pigeon.
...another drug-scare hoax prom ulgated by the h a re s .'..
2.
loi na ivce, nervirati, dosadivati. If you feel especially
n a rk e d about something, you can turn it into a theory o f
human developm ent."
nark it! Smiri se!; prekini!
narked GB Iznerviran, popizdeo.
narky GB Nervozan, zlovoljan. She's been a bit n a rk y all
morning.
nasty piece of w ork 1 . Podvala.
2.
Gadan tip.
natter GB Blebetati, brbljati, avrljati.
natural 1. Prirodni talenat; prava/odgovarajua stvar.
2. he is natural for the job Stvoren je za taj posao.
3. in all my natural (born days) U celom svom ivotu.
natural-born US Totalni, apsolutni. The m an's a n a tu ra l-b o rn
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near as dam m it Vrlo blizu.

neck GB 1. Drskost, bezonost, bezobrazluk. Takode brass neck
Krajnja drskost/bezobrazluk. I tell you, sh e s got plenty o f
n e c k : she walked out on h e r husband and then told him to
move out."
2. Poljubiti.
3. get it in the neck Dobiti po uima/nosu; loe proi.
4. give (ones) neck GB Odustati; postati apatian.
5. by a neck Jedva, tesno, za dlaku (npr. pobediti).
6. talk through (the back of) ones neck Govoriti
gluposti.
7. pain in the neck Gnjave, dosada, guitelj, smara, smor.
8. stick ones neck out Trati pred rudo, istrati se, izlagati se
riziku.
9. up to the neck Do gue (u nevolji/dugovima).
necking Milovanje, vodenje ljubavi. Couples n e c k in g all over the
shop.
neddy 1. Zadnjica, dupe, bulja.
2. Budala.
3. GB (Trkaki) konj.
need (sth) like a hole in the head Uopte ne biti potrebno.
needle GB 1. Bockati, peckati, nervirati, provocirati. Slino
hassle. He keeps n e e d lin g the guy about his looks.
2. Najvaniji, odluujui (pogot. u sportu - needle-m atch).
3. get/take the needle Razljutiti se, razbesneti se,
oneraspoloiti se.
4. on the needle nark. Na igli, navuen na iglu, cepa iglu.
needle candy US nark. Bilo koji narkotik koji se uzima injekcijom.
Holm es has need o f greater stim ulants than n e ed le can dy.
needs m ust when the devil drives GB ta se mora, mora se.
neither fish, flesh, fowl, nor good red herring GB Ni jedno, ni
drugo.
nelly 1. GB Budalasta osoba, dileja, krele.
2. GB not on your nelly! Nika ko!; nipoto!; nizata! Slino not
on your life.
3. Homoseksualan; enskast. Slino gey; swish.
nem con Niko nije glasao protiv. The suggestion was accepted
ne m c o n by the committee.
nerd US 1. Krele, moron, bolid, gnom. Isto nurd; dork; dweeb;
jerk.
2.
Zaludenik; treber.
nerk GB Budala, krele. Isto jerk,
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never in the pigs ear Nikad.

never-never, on the GB Na otplatu.
never no more Nikad.
new boy/bug Novi, poetnik; novi slubenik itd. N ot a bad start
for a n e w bo y.
new pin, clean as a Veoma ist.
news-hawk/-hound Novinar, reporter,
newt, pissed (tight/drunk) as a Mrtav pijan, pijan ko majka.
nibble at Zanovetati, antrati, zvocati.
nibs, his podsm. Budovan, ef, giavonja, bos, gazda. Slino
the man. Take it in to h is n ib s yourself'.
nice and Veoma.
nick GB 1. zat. Mardelj, bajbok, uza; policijska stanica. H es
been in n ic k on and o ff all his life.
2. lop. Uhvatiti, epati; uhapsiti, orkirati.
3. Maznuti, ukrasti, orobiti, opljakati. on the nick Krada.
The bank is gonna be n ic k e d ."
4. Old Nick avo.
5. in good nick U dobroj formi (osoba); u dobrom stanju
(stvar).
nicker GB 1 funta.
niff GB 1. Smrdeti, zaudarati, vonjati, kandisati.
2. Smrad, vonj. Theres a terrible n if f in he re.
niff-naff, dont Preni se, pokreni se, ne kilavi.
niffy GB Koji ima zadah.
nifty 1. Doteran, stilski; elegantan; privlaan. He m ay look big and
clumsy, but he can really be pretty n ift y when he gets going.
2. GB Novanica od 50 funti.
3. Kolosalan, straobalan, krvav.
nifty fifty, a Drkanje, onanisanje.
nig pogrd. Crnja, crnuga, amuga. Isto nigger,
nigger 1. pogrd. Crnja, crnuga, amuga. Isto nig.
2. work like a nigger Crniti, raditi naporno, raditi kao
pas/ivotinja.
3. nigger in the w oodpile/fence Skrivena mana, prikriveni
nedostatak.
niggly Sitniav. Oh, don't be so bloody n ig g /y.
night of it, make a Proslaviti; probaniti no.
nignog 1. GB Budala.
2.
pogrd. Crnja, amuga.
nine, the US lop. Devetka, poluautomatski revolver,
nipper GB Dete, deki, deai; novajlija.
Nip pogrd. Japanac, uti, ua, uta.

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nit 1. GB Budala, glupak, moron, krele.

2. US Nita, nula. Slino zilch. If y o u re wondering about their
hom osexual records, its nit.
nit nit! zat. Prestani da govori - neko slua!
nitw it GB Vezana vrea, eprtlja; budala, krele.
nitty GB Budalast, idiotski. If the girl was n itty enough to contem
plate m arrying him, she was only getting what she deserved.
nix GB 1. Nita; niko.
2. Ne; nikako. I asked h e r fo r one and she said nix.
3. Odbijanje, veto.
4. Odbiti, ne dozvoliti. The city nixed the plan to build a
theatre with public money.
nix on it! Prekini!; prestani!
no bottle Ne valja, nije dobro. it's no bottle. Odatle not much
bottle Nije mnogo dobro, nije upotrebljivo.
no-brainer US Lako pitanje.
no can do Ja (ti itd.) ne mogu to da uradim.
no chicken Nije vie piletina; srednjih godina ili stariji,
no flies on Bez gluposti/budalatina.
no go GB Ne; ne ide; ne moe; neuspeh; propala stvar. We tried
to save him but it was no go.
no great shakes Inferioran, neefikasan, beznaajan, mediokritetski, nije ba sjajan. Slino nothing to w rite home about.
I'm no g reat shakes at serve-and-volley.
no holds barred, with Bez zadrke/rezerve. The best sex o f
Jamie H eartm ores life was with a no-holds-barred bed devil
he had ju s t met.
no laughing m atter Ozbiljna stvar, nije za zezanje.
no names, no packdrill Identitet nee biti otkriven. / once
entered... a visiting British bishop (no nam e, no pack-dri/ to
the Finnish social habit o f a sauna, where episcopal robes
would not have been appropriate.
no oil painting Runo, nije ba najbolje/najlepe.
no picnic US Neto to nije lako. Growing up in the Depression
was no picnic.
no sw eat Nema frke, nema problema; lak posao, maji kaalj. It
was no sw eat for me.
no two ways about it Nema alternative,
no w ay Nikako, nipoto; ni za ivu glavu; ne dolazi u obzir, ma
nema anse/teorije.
nob 1. GB Glava.
2. GB Bogata/ugledna linost; gospodin. Slino swell.
3. Jebati, kecati.
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nod is as good as a w ink (to a blind donkey), a Dobro je obratiti panju na nagovetaj/mig.
nod, on the GB 1. Na veresiju, na kredit.
2. Bez diskusije, kao form alnost (npr. prihvatiti to).
noddle Glava, inteligencija, zdrav razum.
noggin 1. Pie.
2. US Glava.
nohow Nikako.
nonce zat. O suenikzbog seksualnog prekraja (obi. onaj ko je
zlostavljao decu). Isto beast,
non-starter GB Neto to nee uspeti/proraditi; neto to ne pali.
Slino also-ran; loser. The proposed travel book... now
seemed... to be a n o n s ta rte r.
nonsense of, make a GB Pokvariti, upropastiti.
nope Ne.
norks GB Sise, sifoni.
north and south Usta.
nose lop. pijun, dounik, informator, cinkaro, taster, drukara.
nose, getting up sb s Id kome na nerve,
nose-bag, put on the Trpati u usta, brzo jesti.
nose-dive 1. Iznenadni i veliki pad (cena). The price o f gold took
a n o s e dive.
2. Strm oglaviti se. O ur m orale n o s e -d iv e d yesterday.
3. Zahvat, pokuaj.
nose, fo llo w ones lei'pravo; id po instinktu/njuhu. I m never
mistaken when I fo llo w m y nose.
nose in, put/shove o nes Gurati nos gde mu nije mesto.
nose-rag GB Maramica.
nose to the grindstone, have/keep ones Satirati se od posla;
ne dizati glave (od posla).
nosey; nosy 1. (Preterano) znatieljan. We shall n ot be n o s e y .
2. take a nosey around Njukati.
nos(e)y parker GB Znatieljna baba, njukalo; mirodija u svakoj
orbi.
nosh GB 1. Njupa, klopa, manda, has.
2. have a nosh-up Njupati, klopati, hasati.
nostrils, get up ones Id kome na ivce.
not a bean Bez prebijene pare.
not a patch on Ni prineti (kome). The m istress was n o t a p a tc h
o n his wife.
not a pin to choose between Jednaki.
not a sausage (Uopte) nita.
not all there 1. Glup, nije sasvim svoj. Slino dim -witted.
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not an earthly (chance) Nema (nikakve) anse, nema ansone.

not born yesterday Nije jue roen; nije veslo sisao.
not cricket Nepoten, problematian, sumnjiv. Som ething not
quite cricket happened here.
not for all the tea in China Nizata, nipoto, ni za ivu glavu.
not half I te kako.
not if I know it nagl. Ne.
not know ones ass from ones elbow Ne zna gde mu je dupe,
a gde glava; glupav. Isto not know shit from Shinola.
Opponents claim the president d o esn t kn o w his ass from
his elbow when it com es to Central America.
not likely! Nikako!; nee biti!
not my bag nark. Ne odgovara mi, ne radi mi posao ("roba).
not on your life/nelly Nikako.
not so dusty Nije loe. How are you? N o t so dusty.
not so hot Nezadovoljavajui, ne ba najbolji; nije sjajan. I didn't
flunk but m y record is n t so hot.
not to be sneezed at Nije za potcenjivanje; nije maji kaalj.
not worth a bean/button/curse/fart/m onkey toss/tinkers curse
(etc.) Ne vredi ni prebijene pare/ni piljiva boba; bezvredan.
nothing doing Apsolutno ne; ne, i taka. Slino nix; no way.
Buy that piece o f crap ? N othing doing.
nothing to it Lako; bez problema.
nothing to make a song and dance about Nije vredno pomena;
nita vano.
nothing to w rite home about Beznaajan; nita naroito. Slino
no great shakes. His pitch was nothing to write hom e
about.
nowhere 1. Beznaajan; oajan. We all thought it was the m ost
now here record we'd made.
2. be nowhere Biti teko poraen.
nozzle Nos, surla, puka, njonja, njokalica. Slino schnozz.
nub US Jezgro, sr (npr. pripovesti).
num ber is up, o nes G otovje, sprema mu se svata, odbrojani
su mu dani.
num ber up, have ones Biti gotov, biti u velikoj nevolji.
nurk GB Budala, krele. Slino jerk,
nut 1. GB Glava; pamet.
2. udak, ekscentrik, manijak. Slino flake; screwball.
3. GB Udariti koga glavom (u glavu), prikucati (koga).
4. Mudo. Slino ball.
5. GB (Im) sw eet as a nut Super (mi je).
6. o ff ones nut Skrenuo, lud, aav, uvrnut, otkaen.
7. do o nes nut Popizdeti, pobesneti.

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nut-case Lujka, krele, mentol.

nut-house Ludara, dilkarnica.
nuts 1. Lud, aav, otkaen, udaren, ano duo. Slino
bughouse; meshuga. Are you n u ts to turn yo u r back on a
deal that could m ean life o r death?
2. Muda. Slino balls.
3. (kategorino odbijanje) Nita, ipak. A hundred and fifty. N u ts. - I ll give you a hundred.
nuts about/over/on GB Lud/poaavio/poizeo/otkinuo za (kim,
im). Slino be dead nuts on; crazy about. "He's n u ts about
her.
nutty Lud, luckast, uvrnut, otkaen. Slino nuts. 7 was ju s t about
n u tty , I was so lonely.
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o a r in, p u t/s h o v e /s tic k o n e s Uplitati se (u to).
o a ts, ha ve/ge t etc. o n e s Dobiti seksualno zadovoljenje.
OD nark. Overiti se, predozirati se. I guess he'd taken a light OD.
o d d b a ll US udan, neobian, ekscentrian. Thats thoroughly
oddball behaviour.
odd ball; o d d fis h udak, osobenjak, ekscentrik.
o d d -jo b m an Majstor za sitne popravke.
odd m an o u t Onaj ko nema svog para, onaj ko se ne uklapa.
o d d s it GB Rizikovati. I cant be sure, w ell ju s t have to odds it."
o f f 1. Jebati. Isto screw . When I o ff a nigg er bitch, I close m y
eyes and concentrate real hard.
2. lop. Ubiti, ucmekati, ukokati. We know now that the lad...
o ffe d h im se lf by blowing out his brains in a kinky suicide pact
with his teenaged mistress.
o ff-b e a t Nekonvencionalan, neformalan, neuobiajen, alternativan. Suprotno m ainstrea m . New York has a large society o f
off-beat artists.
o ff n e t Ne kapirati; ne biti u toku. I m a bit o f f net.
o ff o n e s b lo c k /c h u m p /c ru s t/h e a d /n u t/o n io n Lud, enuo, podilkanisao, poizeo, siao s uma. Slino m esh ug a; n u ts; o u t o f
o n e s h e a d /m in d /se n se s. If you think this book is good you
m ust be o ff yo u r head.
o f f o n e s ro c k e r Fali mu daska u glavi, aknut, iznuo. I suppose
he was o f f his rocker.
o ff-p u ttin g GB Odbojan. Such adolescent pranks m ay be o f f
putting.
o ff th e beam Pogrean; daleko od istine. That idea is way o ff the
beam.
o ff th e b o a t Zastareo, demode,
o ff th e b o o ks Na cmo (raditi).
o ff th e c u ff Iz glave, nepripremljen, spontan. I don't speak well
o ff the cuff.
o f f th e to p (o f o n e s head) Spontano, bez razmiljanja. Slino up
fro n t. He dem anded his percentage right o ff the top.
o f f th e w a ll 1. Neuobiajen, bizaran. I don't like that. Its pretty o ff
the wall.
2. go o ff the w a ll Odlepiti, iznuti, flipnuti, poludeti.

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oggin, the GB Reka; kanal; more,

oick Moron, dijabola, krele.
oil painting, no Neto to nije ba reprezentativno; nije neto
sjajno.
oil, strike Upasti sekira u med, imati sree.
oiled alk. 1. Pijan, pod gasom, nacirkan, nakresan.
2. well oiled Mrtav pijan, uikan.
oiler pogrd. Meksikanac. Isto greaser,
old-and-bitter GB Tata.
old battleaxe GB Dominantna, arogantna ena, Ksantipa.
old bean GB Stari drugar, pajta, pajtos, pajt.
old bird Prepredenjak, lisac; stara domba, iskusna osoba.
old boot Stara kajia/domba, iskusna osoba.
old cock Glupost, budalatina. Isto old cobblers. Oh, that's ju s t a
load o f old cock!
old fogey GB Staromodan ovek; ilager.
old Harry GB 1. avo.
2. play old Harry GB Dii na glavu, napraviti rusvaj.
old-hat Zastareo, staromodan.
old lady 1. enska, riba.
2. the old lady o f Threadneedle Street GB Engleska banka,
old news Bivi; nije vie aktuelan; neto to vie nije aktuelno.
old one-two, the 1. Staro dobro karanje. I gave h e r the old
one-two.
2. Drkanje, runi rad.
old socks Stari moj. Hey, Morison, old socks. How's things?
on a roll Ima uspeha, uspeva, dobro se odvija.
on at (sb), be Prigovarati, zanovetati, antrati, zvocati.
on ones Jack GB Sam.
on ones tod GB Sam.
on tap Dostupan u svako vreme.
on the air U radio emisiji.
on the back/slow burner Zadran u rezervi; stavljen u drugi plan;
greje klupu; na ledu. Slino on hold. The thruth is, in the
wake o f the Bafta aw ard-wining Nil b y M ou th, actor Gary Old
man has been p u t on the s lo w burner.
on the blink/bum /fritz Ne funkcionie dobro; u jadnom stanju;
trokira. *My hearts on the bum . *His pacem aker ju s t went on
the fritz.
on the brew GB Nezaposlen.
on the go 1. Aktivan, pun energije. Regularly having two o r three
partners on the go at a time, H ellC at, as she was known to
h e r friends, notched up around 430 lovers...
2. Uvek u pokretu; neumoran. I'm really tired. I ve been on the
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on the grift Prevarant; kockar; kloar. Vidi grift; grifter,
on the heavy Umean u zloin; ivi od prevara. Since knee high
R u ssels been on the heavy.
on the hog vorc, dekintiran, bez love. Isto broke,
on the job 1. Prileqao na posao.
2. Jebe.
on the make 1. U trci/lovu za dobitkom /uspehom/seksom;
bezobzirno ambiciozan. Slino hungry. The rookies are very
m uch on the make.
2. U pokuaju da zavede (koga). S h e s on the make. Watch
out!
on the nose 1. Tano; upravo tako; ba tako. Isto on the dot. I t s
six on the nose.
2. Ba na mestu; ba kao to se trai. Your guess was right
on the nose.
3. shes on the nose Ona je prostitutka.
on the pill Uzima kontraceptivne pilule.
on the pull GB U potrazi za seksualnim partnerom. D o n t bother
asking - those two are out on the p ull again.
on the rag Ima menstruaciju.
on the safe side Sigurno; bez rizika.
on tick Na kredit, na kredu.
on to sb, be US Provaliti, razotkriti koga.
on your jack Sam. Isto on your tod.
once-over, the US Ispitivaki pogled; letimian pogled; povran
pregled. The first thing we w ent to b u y afte r giving all the
pavilions the once-over was tom atoes.
oncer GB Novanica/novi od 1 funte.
one-arm ed bandit GB Jednoruki dek, blek-dek. Isto fruit
machine. Isto US slot machine,
one for the road (Poslednja) aica pred polazak, pie za srean
put, pie pred fajront, jo jedna za put.
one-horse US Bedan, jadan, inferioran, mali. It s a one-horse
operation h e s g o t there.
one in the eye Prigovor, opomena.
one night stand 1. Angaman za samo jedno vee. N o t a big gig,
b u t ju s t a one-night stand.
2. Kresanje, seks na brzaka. L ust and love are separated in a
m an's mind, one n ig h t stands d o n t have to affesct
relationships.
one over the eight, have had Pijan (ko zemlja).
one too many, have had Pijan, popio previe.
one-two, a (ili the old) Dva brza udarca, levom i desnom rukom.
one up on, be Biti u prednosti (nad kirn).

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ones, do Mokriti, vriti malu nudu. Takoe do num ber ones,
onion, off o nes Poblesavio, iznuo.
onions, know ones Znati stvari/znanje, biti iskusan.
oodles Izobilje, mnogo. Slino a shithouse full. They have
oodles o f charisma.
oomph 1. Seksepil, privlanost. Slino it.
2. Energija, entuzijazam, snaga, mo. Slino clout; pizzazz.
Shes a pow erful beast - plenty o f oom ph in that engine!
open and shut case Lako reiv problem/sluaj.
open o nes mouth too w ide Priati svata; brbljati bez mere,
operator Prevarant, maher, manipulator. Isto dealer; macher;
wheeler-dealer,
opt out (of) Iskljuiti se, povui se, odustati.
order o f the boot ut-karta, otkaz, noga.
organise a piss-up in a brewery, not able to Nesposoban, ne
ume ni vodu s esme da donese.
other pebbles on the beach Dostupne su i druge mogunosti.
out-and-outer Sjajna stvar; sjajan momak.
out at elbows Poderanih lakata, bedan, otrcan, siromaan.
out of sorts Zlovoljan, razdraljiv, nakuren.
out of the hunt Bez ansi za uspeh.
outsight Izvrstan, sjajan, super, izuzetan.
over the hill 1. (obi. voj.) Odsutan bez dozvole; dezertirao.
Slino AW OL.
2.
Prestar, star; u godinama, omatorio. Poor old Polly; until a
few weeks ago he would drive us m ad with his talking, but now
h e s so quiet that he m ust be getting over the hill.
over the moon Srean, presrean; na sedmom nebu od sree.
I think it is fantastic. I am o ver the m oon and really pleased
about it.
over the top Preteran. Skra. O.T.T. *A lo t o f M onty Pythons
is still O. T. T. today. * W earing that dress with those shoes is
really over the top.
overstep the mark Preterati, prekardaiti, prei granicu.
own up Otvoreno priznati, otvoriti se, ispovediti se.
ownsome, on o nes Sam.

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PDQ GB Brzo (skra. od Pretty Damn Quickly).

PRO Slubenik zaduen za odnose sa javnou (skra. od
Public-relations officer); PR.
paces, show o nes Iskazati se, pokazati se.
pack 1. US Nositi (obi. oruje). * Are you p a c k in g s handgun, m y
friend? *1 looked and saw he was p a c k in g a badge.
2. Pokvaren, neupotrebljiv.
pack a (hard) punch Imati efekta; biti moan, snaan (auto,
motocikl itd).
pack it in/up GB 1. Zavriti, okonati, prestati, odustati. Slino
pack up. I intended to p a c k up playing all together.
2. Uuti!
package 1. Atraktivna, zgodna ena; dobra riba.
2. Velika suma novca. Isto bundle. That m ust have cost a
pa ckag e.
packet 1. Velika svota novca. That c a r cost me a pretty p a cke t.
2. Muke genitalije.
3. GB stop/get/cop/catch a packet Upasti u veliku nevolju;
nagrabusiti; proi ko uti; biti ubijen/teko ranjen.
paddle ones own canoe Biti svoj gazda; ne zavisiti ni od koga,
biti samostalan.
Paddy GB pogrd. Irac, irskog porekla. Isto Mick(y); Mike;
bog-lrish; bogtrotter.
paddy GB Bes, ljutina, srdba.
paddy-waggon US (Policijska) marica. Slino black maria,
paid to, put Okonati, zavriti, staviti ad acta.
pain in the arse/ass/neck Gnjave, dave, smara. Isto pain in
the butt; pain in the rear. A few drinks and respectable
fam ily men, dads, becam e lecherous p a in s in the ass.
pair o f balls, give sb a Ohrabriti, okuraiti.
paki pogrd. 1. Pakistanac (ali i drugi doljaci sa indijskog potkontinenta kao to su Indijci, Bengalci, rilanani itd).
2.
Prodavnica koju vode Azijati.
pal 1. Drugar, prijatelj, pajt(os).
2.
Ne ba prijateljski nain obraanja.
pal up with Pajtati se sa. Isto pal around with,
palaver Besmisleno brbljanje, prazan razgovor, naklapanje.

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pan 1. Lice, faca, gubica, njuka. Slino mug.

2. Strogo kritikovati, iseckati na parie. Slino roast. The
D aily W orker p a n n e d his first novel.
3. Odalamiti, pripaliti, oamariti.
4. down the pan Isto to i down the drain.
pan out Rezultirati, ispasti (situacija). Slino p ayo ff. Letsjust
wait and see how it p a n s ou t.
pancake, to Aterirati na trup.
pansy 1. enskast/feminiziran mukarac; slabi, tunjavko. Slino
lily; sissy.
2.
Peder, pea, peko, homi. Slino queen,
pants off, bore the Krajnje (se) dosadivati; uguiti (koga).
pants off, frighten/scare the Prestraviti.
paper profits US Dobici samo na papiru.
parachute US nark. Droga koja se sastoji od heroina i kreka. Isto
speedball; moon rock,
paralytic; paralyzed Mortus pijan, komiran od pica,
parky GB Sve, prohladan, otar. It's a bit p a rk y in here - m ind if
I close this window ?
parrot-cage, have a mouth like the bottom o f a Vidi bird cage,
parsons nose GB Trtica, zadnjica.
partic = particular
party anim al/goer Ljubitelj zabava, redovan posetilac zabava.
P a rty -g o e rs could well find them selves feeling unable to
socialise unless they have added help from drugs...
party pooper Partibrejker, rastura zabava. Isto w et blanket,
pash Ljubimac, idol.
pass at, make a Udvarati se, nabacivati se, bariti, muvati.
pass the baby/buck/can Prebaciti odgovornost na drugoga. We
chickened out and p a s s e d the b u c k to the dean.
past it Prestar. I used to be able to cycle 50 m iles in a day, but
I m p a s t i t now, I m afraid.
past praying fo r U oajnom poloaju, bez nade u poboljanje.
paste Izmlatiti.
patch on, not a Ni prineti (kome).
patsy Lakoverna osoba, naivko, ovca".
Paul Pry Radoznao ovek.
pay back time Naplata starog duga, osveta.
pay on the nail Platiti (odmah) u keu; ispljunuti lovu.
pay the earth Preplatiti, papreno platiti.
payola Mito za specijalne komercijalne, reklamne i druge usluge.
P.C. (skra. od politically correct) Politiki korektno. "Shes the
m ost PC person I kno w ."

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p.d.q./ PDQ (skra. od pretty damned quick) "You best tidy up

that m ess p . d.q. before yo u r m other gets ho m e."
pea-souper Gusta magla.
peach 1. US Lepa miada devojka. She really was a peach.
2. Sjajna stvar.
3. GB lop. Cinkariti. Slino squeal.
peachy(-keen) iron. US Sjajan, divan, ne m o biti boiji.
Slino great; net. Albee describes his work as an exam ina
tion o f the Am erican Scene... a stand against the fiction that
everything in this slipping land o f ours is pe ach y~ ke en .
peanuts US Beznaajna osoba/stvar; male pare, sia.
peck(er) US 1. Pevac, kita, kara, doka, pajser. When I told him
to get a-hold o f him self I didn't mean fo r him to get his p e c k e r
out.
2. Odvanost.
3. keep ones pecker up GB Dobro se drati (u nevolji); ne
klonuti duhom, ne posustati.
peckish GB (Pomalo) gladan.
pedro pogrd. Meksikanac, Portorikanac, panac, Hispanoamerikanac. Isto spic(k).
pee oneself laughing Upiati se/pui od smeha.
peel Svui se, skinuti se go.
peeled, keep ones eyes Drati oi irom otvorene.
peeler 1. GB Policajac.
2. Striptizeta. Slino stripper,
peepers Oi. If anything was wrong with m y p e e p e rs the army
w ouldnt have taken me.
peeved (off) Ljut, razdraen, ozlojeden, iznerviran.
peg 1. Drvena noga, itula.
2. Identifikovati, klasifikovati, izabrati. Slino button down.
3. Kita.
4. Baciti. He p e g g e d it sharply to first.
5. Noga.
6. take down a peg (or two) Poniziti, spustiti (koga).
peg-leg Drvena noga, tula; o ve ksa tulom.
peg it/out GB 1. Odapeti, umreti (i fig). I'm p e g g in g o u t fo r a
drink.
2.
Zavriti, prekinuti, popustiti, onemoati. He looked all set to
win the mile, but then p e g g e d o u t on the last lap.
pen(cil)-pusher inovnik, mastiljara. Slino pencil-dick.
penny numbers, in GB U malim koliinama.
pep US Energija, entuzijazam, polet, ivost. Slino piss and
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pep-pill Pilula za stimulaciju (pogot. amfetamin, spid). Slino

upper.
pep-talk Bodrenje, ohrabrenje, stimulans. I always had to give
m yself a pep talk before I went out to sing.
pep up Stimulisati, uliti energiju. Slino jazz sth up.
period Menstruacija.
perishing 1. Problematian, uznemiravajui.
2. Vrlo hladan.
perp US Krimos, kriminalac.
persuasion Sorta, vrsta, tip. people o f his persuasion.
pesky US Nesnosan, odvratan, neprijatan, muan.
peter 1. Kita.
2. zaf. elija.
peter out Iscrpsti se, rasplinuti se; jenjavati. They ran well the first
mile o r so, then petered out.
phiz(og) GB Faca, lice, fizionomija. Slino mug.
phon(e)y 1. Laan, tobonji. the p ho n ey war.
2. Folirant, varalica, prevarant, lanjak.
phooeyl Krajnja glupost!; besmislica!
phreak Onaj ko praktikuje tehnike telefoniranja bez plaanja.
Obi. phone phreak.
phut, go Prestati da funkcionie, raspasti se, pud, propasti, biti
uniten. His business has gone p h u t and h e s lost all his
money.
physical jerks Fizike vebe.
pi Poboan.
pi-jaw Pridika, popovanje.
piano GB Slabo, loe. Please don't disturb her, she seem s to be
feeling a little piano today.
pick on sb Manisati, prigovarati, uzeti koga na zub; antrati kome;
zakerati.
pickle 1. Nezgoda, nevolja, teka situacija, kripac, sos. I was in
a sad pickle when I lost m y job.
2. Pokvariti, unititi. This will prom ptly pickle h e r college
chances.
pickled Intoksiniran, pijan. Slino soused,
picnic, no Nije laka stvar. That jo b is no picnic.
picture 1. Lep/atraktivan prizor.
2. Situacija, stanje stvari. I don't like the picture, it stinks.
3. get the picture Razumeti, ukapirati, skontati. Slino
coppish; dig. A fte r I told him about six tim es he g o t the
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4. in the picture Obaveten, informisan, upoznat sa, upuen

u. Slino bring sb up to speed. Suprotno not in the picture.
Nobody put me in the picture, and I was confused for weeks.
piddle GB Pikiti. Slino pee. Piddles were done out o f the back
w indow last night, standing on the bed.
pie-eyed Pijan, uikan, betoniran.
piece US lop. Revolver, pitolj, utoka, cevka, prangija.
piece o f cake Neto veom a lako, maji kaalj. "That quiz w as a
piece o f cake."
piece o f ass/tail US 1. Zgodna ena, dobar komad, dobro
pare, dobra pika/riba/cupi.
2. get a piece o f ass/tail Kresnuti, povaliti, pojebati, omastiti
brk. If I don't get a piece o f ass soon, Ill explode! he said.
piece of piss/pudding GB Neto veoma lako, pikin dim. Slino
piece o f cake; breeze; duck soup. "No way is giving up
sm oking a piece o f piss."
piece of piss! Bedo/nitarijo jedna!
piece o f shit US 1. Sranje, njesra, itina. This s ho w s a piece o f
shit.
2. Bednik, nitarija.
3. La. Isto pack of lies. Everything she said is a big piece o f
shit.
piece (of skirt) ena kao seksualni objekt, pare, "komad".
piece o f trade US Prostitutka, kurava.
piece of w ork 1. (skoro uvek sa nasty) Osoba, tip (omalovaavajue). John is a nasty piece o f work.
2.
lop. Ubistvo.
piece, say ones Rei svoje.
piff; piffle GB Glupost, besmislica. Slino baloney; bunk, a load
o f p i ff.
pig 1. lop. Pandur, cajkan, kljun, murkan, kerber. The innocent
kids all hollered O ff the pigs!"
2. Oklopna kola.
3. bleed like a (stuck) pig Obilno krvariti.
4. in pig Trudna, u drugom stanju, zaglavila, zakevila.
pig ignorant Glup ko uskija.
pig in Jesti, krkati, odirati se.
pig it GB Ponaati se kao svinja; biti bahat.
pig out US Jesti ko svinja; odirati se. I p ig g ed o ut on a runny
Brie.
pig-ugly Ruan ko (po)no. Unfortunately she is pig-ugly.
pigs breakfast 1. Gungula, zbrka, mete.
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pigeon 1. lop. Cinkaro, dounik, taster, drukara. Isto stool

pigeon. Nobody like pigeons.
2. GB rtva prevare, naivko, ovca. Slino mark; sucker. I m
yo u r pigeon now and you guys are gonna rip me off.
3. Mlada devojka, pilence, piletina. Slino chick,
pile it on Isto to i pile on the agony.
pile on the agony Preterivati.
pile up Sudariti se (obi. auto); rasturiti, unititi. Slino rack up;
total. A fte r that he p iled up his car.
pile-up Lanani sudar, karambol. 6-car, end-to-end pile upon the
N ew Jersey Turnpike.
pill 1. Lopta, loptica (npr. za tenis).
2. US Neugodna osoba, gnjave, dosada, smara. Slino pain
in the ass. Oh, don't be a piii, Valerie.
3. on the pill Redovno uzima anti-bebi pilule.
pillhead Tabletoman. Isto pill-popper. Papoose and me were a
bunch o f pillheads
pill-popper Tabletoman. Isto pillhead.
pillock GB 1. Budala, dileja, krele, idiot,
pillocks GB Glupost, budalatina.
pillocky GB Glupavo. D on't talk so piilocky.
pills 1. Muda.
2. Glupost, budalatina.
pimp 1. Makro, svodnik, sponzor.
2. US Muka kurva.
3. lop. Dounik.
pimp sb over Nasamariti, prevariti koga.
pin-head Budala, idiot.
pins Noge, akalice. M any m odels have pins for legs.
pin-up 1. Oboavana osoba, idol. While other girls in h e r class
sighed fo r Johnny Halliday o r Sacha Distel, Yasmina /R e z a /h a d
Beethoven fo r h e r teenage pin-up.
2. Poster omiljenog glumca, pevaa itd.
pinch 1. Ukrasti, maznuti. Slino swipe. Who pinched the script?
2. Uhapsiti, uorkirati. Slino bust. "He got p inched when he
was clim bing out o f the kitchen window."
pink 1. Blago leviarski nastrojen. Takode pinky. Videti pinko.
2. Pederast, feminiziran.
pinkie 1. Bilo ta malo.
2. Mali prst. Isto pinky.
2. Lezbejka.
pinkler Kita, kitica, dokica.
pink fit, have a Iznervirati se, popizdeti, pobesneti.
pink, be in the hum. Oseati se dobro, biti odlinog zdravlja.

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pinko US 1. Leviar, crveni. Isto pink.

2. Leviarski nastrojen. How come those Niggers and those
creepy pinko hippies call us nam es like p ig s?
pip, give the GB Izazivati odvratnost, gaenje.
pip, have the Biti depresivan, bolestan, ne oseati se dobro.
pipe down Umuknuti, zaepiti. The others got sore at him and
told him to pipe down.
pipe ones/an eye Liti suze, plakati, ridati.
pipsqueak Beznaajna osoba (ofo/. mala ili mlada).
piss all over (sb) Potpuno poraziti. "You should have seen
Chelsea play on Saturday, they pissed all o ver W est Ham
U td."
piss and vinegar Energija, vitalnost. Slino pep; pizzazz. He still
has a lot o f piss and vinegar left in him.
piss and wind Prazna pria. They strut with the piss an d wind
traditional am ong victors in political intrigues. "
piss artist Prezira vredna osoba.
piss easy Veoma lako.
piss elegant Veoma elegantan.
piss, go on the alk. Nalokati se.
pisshead Pijandura.
piss-house Toalet, piaonica.
piss in (sb) chips Osujetiti (iji) plan; sjebati (kome) nadu; staviti
(kome) klipove u tokove.
piss in the wind Pianje uz vetar, gubljenje vremena. "You're
pissing in the w ind if you think Kristina's going to sleep with
yo u ."
piss off Otii, odjebati. Piss off, you je rk ! Get out!
piss on (ones) props Zauvek napustiti pozornicu.
piss oneself Upiati se od smeha/straha.
piss-pot GB 1. Nokir.
2. Pijanica, pijandura.
piss (out of), take the Ismejavati; rugati se. Isto take the m ickey
(out of),
piss-poor Vrlo siromaan, vorc.
piss (sb) off Iznervirati, ioi na ivce/kurac. If y o u re a sixteenyear-old looking to piss o ff M om o r Dad, theres nothing better
than drugs.
pissed 1. GB alk. Pijan, nalokan. Takode pissed as a newt;
pissed up to the eyebrows Mrtav pijan, betoniran. She was
too p issed to stand up.
2. US Ljut, iznerviran, popizdeo. Isto pissed-off. When I told
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pissed on from a great height Popian, strogo ukoren.

pisser 1. Kita.
2. Veoma teak posao/zadatak, nezgodna stvar. Slino ballbuster; bitch. *That climb was a pisser. *"l can't believe
what a p is se r it was, losing m y jo b ju s t before Christm as."
3. Sjajna, superiorna osoba/stvar. Slino piss-cutter.
4. Smena osoba/stvar. W hat a p is se r when he opened the
wrong door b y mistake.
5. Piaonica.
piss taking Zavitlavanje, ruganje, zezanje, zafrkavanje.
pissed up alk. Mortus pijan.
pistol oka, kita, pajser, pendrek.
pit(s), the Pakao, dno ivota; zlo.
pitch a loaf US Pustiti govno/brodove, istovariti se, kenjati. Isto
drop/dum p ones load,
pitch it hot/strong Preterivati, nakititi.
plain as the nose on ones face Oigledan, jasan ko dan.
plastered hum. Pijan, betoniran.
plastic 1. Vetaki, neiskren (osoba). Slino phon(e)y; hoked-up;
slick.
2.
Kreditna kartica. "Oh, no! I forgot to get any cash! I hope
this restaurant accepts plastic!"
plate, have (enough/too much etc.) on ones Imati posla preko
glave.
plate, on a Na tanjiru, lako.
play US Lagati, obmanjivati. Are you playing me about that
thing?
play around vrljati, biti promiskuitetan.
play ball 1. (Za)poeti. Let's p la y b all now, it's time.
2. Igrati kako drugi svira; saradivati, poslovati uz kompromis.
I m ight have played b all ju s t a little, but I scorned to.
play canary US lop. Propevati, sve priznati.
play for safety Ne rizikovati, ioi nasigurno, ziheraiti.
play Old Harry Isto to i play the devil.
play (it) safe lei'nasigurno; ziheraiti. Isto play for safety. I don't
think it will rain today, but Id be tte r p la y (it) safe and take a
raincoat.
play silly buggers/bleeders/b-s Ponaati se budalasto ili
opstruktivno. We don't want people jeopardizing ou r position
b y playing silly bs.
play the devil GB Napraviti haos; pomrsiti/pokvariti raune.
play the fool/(giddy) goat GB Izigravati budalu.
play the gam e Pridravati se pravila; biti fer/poten/astan.
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play up 1. Dati sve od sebe; zalagati se.

2. Zadavati muke/probleme; biti problematical 7Wy bad leg has
been playing (me) up again.
play up to sb GB Ulagivati se, laskati. If you p la y up to him he'll
think y o u re brilliant.
play with oneself Drkati, masturbirati.
pleb pogrd. Obian ovek (nieg socijalnog statusa).
plonk GB Jeftino vino; vino loeg kvaliteta. Its a hum ble plonk,
but y o u ll like it.
plonker GB 1. Kita.
2. Budala, krele, dileja, tupadija. Slino dickhead; jerk.
3. pull ones plonker Drkati, bacati ga u nesvest.
plough Pasti na ispitu.
pluck Pojebati. Isto screw,
pluck som eones goose Poniavati koga.
plug 1. US Upucati. The m ugger got plugged b y an indignant
on-looker.
2. Publicitet.
plug away/along GB Marljivo i tegobno raditi, crniti. I plugged
aw ay at the required subjects.
plum 1. Vrlo poeljan; najbolji u svojoj vrsti. a p lum job.
2.
Neto vrlo poeljno.
plumb US Potpuno, sasvim. Slino stone. W hat he said was
plum b silly.
plums Muda.
plunge 1. Kocka.
2.
take the plunge Odluiti i rizikovati.
plush Luksuzan, raskoan, fensi (hotel, noni klub itd).
po-faced Bezizraajan.
pod US nark. Marihuana, trava; doint. Isto pot. Diane sm oked
pod, but only with friends.
pod, in Trudna, zaglavila, zakevila.
pogo muz. Nain igranja pankera na koncertu, poskakivanje u
mestu.
poilu GB pogrd. Francuski vojnik.
pointer Nagovetaj, mig, koristan savet, korisno obavetenje. She
gave me a few pointers about how to say it.
poison hum. Pie; rakija, jeftin viski. W hat's yo u r poison? (ta
e da popije?)
poison, like Veoma, mnogo.
poke 1. Udarac pesnicom, kres.
2. Tucati, kresati. Slino bang; boff; knock; screw. I wanted
to poke Lucy so I p oked her.
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poker-face US Bezizraajno lice; ladan ko pricer.
pole Vidi up the pole.
polish oft GB 1. Brzo zavriti, slistiti, dovriti. He polished o ff the
weeks quota in four days.
2. Poraziti, smrviti, zbrisati.
3. Ubiti, onesposobiti.
4. Smazati. I had polished o ff a pla tte r o f beans.
poly skra. Poligamista. "When y o u re dating two people and
screw ing others, yet being totaly honest with everyone, thats
called being p o ly .
ponce GB 1. Makro, svodnik. Isto pimp.
2. enskast mukarac, pikica.
3. Parazit, onaj ko ivi na tui raun; m ukarac koga
izdrava ena.
ponce about/around Ponaati se razmetljivo i/ili neodgovorno;
iveti lagodnim i besmislenim ivotom. W hat's that boy o f
yours doing now, Charles? - Doing? Nothing. N ever does. Just
poncing about on his m others money.
ponce (off sb) Iskoristiti (koga). "Best o f all... is poncing on some
woman.
ponced-up Nagizdan, nacifran, skockan.
pong GB Smrad, vonj.
pongo 1. Vojnik; mornar.
2. pogrd. Crnja, cmuga, amuga, obojeni; stranac.
pongy GB Smrdljivo.
poof GB pogrd. Peder, peko, pea, homi. Takode poofter;
pouffe; poove; puff; pouve; pouf itd. Isto faggot; queer.
Pool, the GB Liverpul.
pools, the Kladionica.
pooped (out) US Iscrpljen, baldisao, spao s nogu, lipsao od
umora. Slino beat; bushed. "I went to bed really early last
night. / w as pooped."
poot 1. Govno, izmet. Slino crap; shit. D id she think I usually
walked around festooned in pigeon poot?"
2. Krele, dileja. Slino pill; poop.
3. Prdeti. Slino fart. The dog la id a loud poot.
poove Isto to i poof.
pop-eyed Iskolaenih/izbuljenih oiju; buljook; bazed. Slino
bugeyed,
pop off 1. Brzo otii, umai, utei.
2. Umreti, otegnuti papke, riknuti. If he had popped o ff sooner,
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3. Ubiti, ukokati, ucmekati.
4. Kritikovati, aliti se.
pop ones clogs GB Umreti, otegnuti papke, skiknuti.
pop ones cookies US Doiveti orgazam, svriti. Isto come. The
knot com es away, and he pops his cookies."
pop o nes rocks Svriti, doiveti orgazam.
pop quiz (Iznenadni) kontrolni test. "You shouldn't have m issed
class yesterday. We had a pop quiz."
pop sb off US lop. Ubiti, upucati. The police ne ver found who
popped the inform er off.
pop the cherry Oduzeti kome nevinost, skinuti kome anu. I
would definitely pop his cherry .
pop up GB Iskrsnuti, banuti, neoekivano se pojaviti. The Play
houses charism atic director, Jude Kelly, also bobs up every
where - losing h e r to London is more feared in Leeds even
than the prospect o f George Graham heading for Spurs.
poppy GB Novae, ke.
poppycock US Glupost, budalatina, besmislica.
popsy Mlada devojka, cura. Takode popsie.
pork 1. Jebati, trpati, okvasiti gicu. Isto screw.
2. Kita, doka.
porky GB 1. Debeo, gojazan.
2.
pogrd. Jevrejin, Jea. Vidi kike,
porpoise Debela osoba, debeljko.
porridge G B zat. orka, buvara, bajbok, mardelj. Obi. do
porridge Leati (u zatvoru); uijati bajbok, biti u uzi. "So
what's happened since I've been doing m y porridge"
posh GB (Upadljivo) elegantan; ima stila, otmen, ik; fensi; drutveno superioran. Slino cushy; swanky. The apartment... is
n ow rathe r posh
positively Da.
pot 1. kock. Pot, sav novae na stolu (kartanje).
2. Trofej. pot-hunter Lovac na trofeje.
3. nark. Vutra, trava, marihuana. Isto grass; tea. / do not
advocate legislation o f pot, m erely because I dread the
inevitable hassle o f com m ercialism ."
4. pot, go to Propasti, otii do davola, krahirati.
pot-bellied Trbuast.
piss-pot Nokir, noa.
pot-shot Nasumian pucanj; sluajan pogodak.
pots of Mnogo.
potted; potted up Pijan, uletvljen, uikan.
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potty 1. GB Sulud, luckast. Slino dotty; goofy.

2. Bezvredan, nevaan, beznaajan; ne obeava. Obi. potty
little. This p o tty little village ha snt even got a post office.
3. Nokir, noa.
poufVidi poof.
pound ones pennie/pork/pudding/m eat/weenie, etc. Drkati;
bacati ga u nesvest. Isto beat o nes meat. Who Is he
m ooning over as he pounds his pennie?"
pow -w ow Konferencija, skup, sastanak, rasprava, debata. The
directors are having a crucial pow -w ow .
power of, a Mnogo (ega).
pox Sifilis.
poxy GB Lo, bezvredan, star, u loem stanju (stvar).
prat; pratt GB 1. Dupe, bulja, zadnjica, guzica. Isto ass. He
doesn't fall on his prat.
2. Vagina.
3. Budala, idiot, krele. Isto prick; twat. Stupid prat- where
does he think h e s going?
prefab Montana kua.
press on regardless Nastaviti rad (uprkos problemima).
press the button Uiniti prvi, odluni korak; zapoeti.
Preston Guild, every Skoro nikad; vrlo retko.
pretty pass Alarmantno stanje stvari.
previous Kriminalna prolost. "Be careful if you decide to em ploy
him, he has some previous."
pric(e)y GB Skup.
prick 1. Kurac, kita. Isto cock.
2. (silly) prick Budala, bezveznjak, kreten, dileja, govnar.
Slino asshole, bastard; jerk,
prick-teaser Navlakua, namigua, koketa. Vidi cock-teaser.
pricky Nakuren, nadrkan. Isto prickish. W hat a prickykid.
pro 1. Profesionalac.
2. GB Prostitutka. He treats all women like pros and all men
like enemies.
proles, the Raja bez mozga, ovce.
promo Reklama, reklamni spot. He shot some prom os fo r his
syndicated TV show.
prong 1. Kita. Isto prick.
2. Jebati. Isto screw,
prong on Erekcija. Isto hard on.
propeller-head Osoba zaludena za kompjutere ili za nauku.
Prot GB skra. Protestant,
prune GB 1. Neko neprijatan.
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pseud G B 1 . Nadriintelektualac, pozer. That guy is really pseud,

with all his big talk.
2. Neto lano, lanjak.
psych Zezanje.
psych! Zezao sam se!
psych (out) Zeznuti, nasamariti koga. The bastard psyched me.
psycho Sajki, psihopata, sluaj.
pub-crawl GB Smucanje po pabovima/barovima, ljokanje,
banenje. They went on a mem orable pub craw l afterwards.
pudding 1. Dosadna osoba, gnjave. Isto puddinghead.
2. Kita. You ca n t even come o ff unless you pu ll yo u r own
pudding.
pudding/pudden club, in the U drugom stanju, zaglavila,
zakevila.
puddled Zbunjen, smuen; ne ba bistar; ekscentrian.
puff 1. Peder, pea, peovan. Isto poof.
2.
out o f puff Bez daha, zaduvan.
puffy 1. enskast, feminiziran, izvetaen.
2.
G B nark. Marihuana, duvka.
pug-ugly Ruan ko davo/lopov.
pukka GB Pravi, izvorni, dobrog kvaliteta.
pull Veza, uticaj. Slino clout.
pull a pint GB Cirkati (pivo). I m not going any place where
Jam es pulls a pint.
pull (it) off Uspeti, postii (uspeh). Slino make it. Fegley
m anaged to p ull o ff a hat trick for this issue.
pull off 1. Pobediti.
2.
Drkati. Isto pull ones pudding/wire. A t Smolka's signal,
each begins to p ull off. "
pull o nes finger o ut Poveati efikasnost, aktivirati se.
pull o nes socks up Zavrnuti rukave, pljunuti u ake, pripremiti
se. He said we'd p ull up o u r socks and get the damn jo b
done.
pull sth out of the bag Otkriti nain da se postigne uspeh (obi.
sa zakanjenjem).
pull strings/wires Upotrebiti veze; potezati konce. If she pulls a
few wires I think I m ight get the job.
pull the plug 1. Izvriti samoubistvo. Kathy was twenty when she
p ulled the plug, on 26 reds and a bottle o f wine.
2.
Okonati; prestati s podrkom; prekinuti. The pro je cts pretty
shaky, but I won't p ull the p lug quite yet.
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pump Povaliti, potucati, pojebati.

pump ship Piati.
pumped up Napumpana, u drugom stanju, zakevila.
punchboard Kurva, rava, profuknjaa. Isto tramp; town
pump/bike.
punch out US Tui pesnicama, aketati; mlatiti. Isto beat up;
clobber. Oh... I punched o ut this guy.
punch up the bracket Udariti po nosu, udariti po pici. If he
doesn't do it, he'll get a punch up the bracket.
punk 1. Glupost, kojetarija, dubre. We had to sit through a lot o f
m oral punk... about the prevalence o f ja z z and the Im m oral
behaviour o f modern girls.
2. Bezvredan, lo. The idea strikes m e as punk.
3. Baraba, nitarija, mizerija, protuva, propalitet, dubre.
punk and piss voj. Na suvom hlebu i vodi (u samici).
purler GB 1. Teak pad (na giavu). Odatle com e/take a purler
Teko pasti, tresnuti na glavu.
2. Jak udarac pesnicom.
3. Bilo ta sjajno, izvrsno.
purple heart GB nark. Pilula amfetamina. Slino nimby; goofball.
push nark. Prodavati drogu, dilovati. Slino deal. Funny cigarettes
a in 't all that he pushes.
push, get the Dobiti nogu, biti otputen.
push o ff 1. Gubi se! Slino shove off.
2. /. Ubiti, ucmekati, ukokati. Slino push,
push o nes face in Udariti (koga).
push the boat out 1. Zapoeti.
2. Biti iroke ruke.
3. Ba preterati. Tham es did a TV docum entary based on
Sloane Rangers and really pushed the b oat out.
push(ing) (up the) daisies Mirisati travu iz korena; umreti, biti
mrtav i pokopan. Felix Wankel, o f W ankel rotary engine fame,
stopped pushing up pistons and started pushing up daises
this day in 1988.
pusher 1. nark. Narko-diler, (pre)prodavac droge.
2. Devojka, kurvica.
pushover 1. Neto vrlo lako, maji kaalj, igrarija, triarija. Slino
cinch; duck soup.
2. Neko koga je lako nagovoriti/pobediti/zavesti/prevariti.
I'm p usho ver fo r flattery.
3. Laka ena, kurvica.
pushy Laktaki, prodoran, agresivan, nametljiv, navalentan,
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pussy US 1. Riba, devojka, pikica. Isto pussycat. Is there much

p u s sy in this town?
2. enski polni organ, pikica.
3. Jebanje.
4.
Mlakonja, slabi.
pussy lover Pikoljub.
put a block on sth Vriti opstrukciju, podrivati, spreavati.
put a jerk in it Uloiti vie energije ili aktivnosti.
put a sock in it! Umukni!; zaepi'
put in a good word fo r Rei koju dobru (re).
put it about Dati se u prom et (seks).
put it across sb 1. Kazniti koga.
2. Prevariti, prei koga.
put off Uznemiriti. Takode put one off ones stroke,
put-on Trik, prevara, navlaka, zavlaka.
put o nes feet up Dii sve etiri (uvis); spavati.
put o nes finger on (sth) Pokazati prstom na (to); tano
oznaiti (neto), ukazati na (neto). I rem em ber it, but I cant
quite p u t m y fing er on the outcome.
put o nes m oney w here ones mouth is Potkrepiti rei delom.
W hether through philanthropy o r m egalom ania o r both, Moon
is putting his m o n ey where his m outh is. He has spent over
20 million dollars and N ew Hope Ranch is already a modern
complex.
put ones skates on Pouriti.
put out feelers Pustiti probni balon; ispipavati teren. The tone o f
M r C lintons note was bantering but D owning Street staffers
are adam ant the White House was putting out feelers with a
view to poaching M r Cam pbell...
put paid to Okonati; poraziti.
put sb aw ay GB lop. Ubiti, ukloniti (koga). When I told him he
went spare - he threatened to p u t the gu y away.
put sb in the picture Uputiti koga u neto.
put sb on Zavitlavati, vui za nos, navlaiti. The Countess who
adores the poet pities him and puts him on.
put sb on ice lop. Ubiti, ukokati koga. Isto ice; off.
put the screws to sb Prirafiti, izvriti pritisak. Slino put the
heat on sb. The only reason Fidel agreed... was to p u t the
screw s to Reagan.
put the squeeze on sb US Pritisnuti koga, izvriti pritisak. Isto
lean on sb; put the heat on sb. She hired me to p u t the
squeeze on Linda for a divorce.
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put-up job Lairana/nam etena stvar, nametaljka. The surprise

aw ard was a put-up job.
putrid Odvratan, gadan, grozan, truo. That p lay last night was
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quack (Lani) doktor; nadrilekar, arlatan.
quarrel with ones bread and butter Nakoditi vlastitom interesu.
Quean g. enskasti hom oseksualac, transvestit. Obi. queen,
queen g. enskasti homoseksualac, transvestit. Isto drag queen.
The qu e e n s look great strutting along the boardwalk. "
Queen A n n es dead GB Sarkastian komentar na bajatu novost;
otkriti Ameriku; otkriti toplu vodu.
queer 1. Pederast, peder.
2. GB Pokvariti. Slino goof up. Food is what q u e e re d the
party.
queer bird/card/cove/custom er/fish/stick, etc. Ekscentrian,
udan tip, udak. Slino wack; weirdo,
queer s b s/ones pitch Pomrsiti kome/sebi raune.
Q ueer Street, in GB U novanoj neprilici; bankrot. The way
things are going w ell end up in q u e e r s tre e t.
quick-draw, be US Reagovati impulsivno i agresivno. Isto shoot
from the hip.
quick one Neto uradeno ili uzeto na brzinu (naro. pie ili seks).
Isto quickie; a short one.
quick study, a Bistra osoba (koja brzo ui). "Annie seem s to be
doing well at h e r new jo b ." - "I'm not surprised. She's a q u ic k
s tu d y ."
quickie Seks na brzaka. Isto quick one. "I'm o ff home during for
m y lunch break for a q u ic k ie with the w ife."
quid GB 1 engleska funta.
quiff US Prostitutka, laka ena. Isto roundhell. There would be a
lo t o f loose q u if f we could meet.
quim 1. Pika, enske genitalije. Isto cunt.
2. ena; ene.
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rack US Krevet. Slino sack. Jeanne is pretty good in the rack.

racked US Siguran; pod kontrolom. Isto taped,
racket G S 1 . Reket, ucenjivanje, iznudivanje; kriminalna radnja.
Slino dodge; grift.
2.
stand the racket Snositi posledice/odgovornost; platiti ceh.
Why don't we go to a restaurant? - Bill will stand the racket
rag, lose o nes Isto to i get o nes rag out.
rag-bag Zbrka, konfuzija, papazjanija; zbirka svega i svaega.
W hat he calls his philosophy is a rag bag o f trite trivialities.
rag on, have the Imati menzis/menstruaclju. Isto on the rag.
railroad US 1. Na brzinu osuditi i zatvoriti koga (obi. nepravedno
ili nelegalno); kazniti. The prisoner is railroaded to jail.
2.
Progurati (npr. rezoluciju).
rain check Odlaganje (sportskog dogadaja, veere, zabave itd.)
do sledee prilike. Vidi take a rain check,
rainm aker Agresivan, kreativan i uspean agent/predstavnik neke
firme (pogot. advokatske kancelarije). A ll such well-connected
persons are rainm akers capable o f m aking their em ployers
cause prosper.
raise a stink Izazvati skandal, dii prainu.
raise the wind Pribaviti sebi potreban novae ili sredstva.
rake in Brzo nakupiti, nagomilati, namlatiti. M yatt was paid ju s t
250 pounds p e r painting, while Drewe raked in the profits.
rake it in Namlatiti lovu. He m ust be raking it in!
rake-off US Udeo, dobitak, profit (obi. zaraden nelegalno).
ram-jam full Krcat, prepun, dupke pun, pun ko oko.
ramp GB Podvala, prevara.
ramp up GB Organizovati.
ramrod Kita, pendrek, doka.
randy GB Napaljen, naloen, eljan seksa. Slino horny. Brandy
m akes you rand y but gin makes you sin.
randy-standy GB Napaljenko.
rap, beat the US Biti osloboden krivice.
rap, take the US Preuzeti odgovornost/krivicu (ob/c. a tudu
greku).
rap sheet US Kriminalni dosije. Their rap sheets listed convic
tions for the possession o r sale o f controlled substances.
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raspberry, give the Izraziti negodovanje/neslaganje; uvrediti koga

prezrivim gestom; izvidati.
rat (on) lop. Cinkariti, tasterisati, drukati. Slino squeal. Rule
num ber one is you don't rat on y o u r friends."
rat-arsed/-faced GB Pijan, naliven, nakresan, uikan.
rat-bag Olo, fukara. She's a total ra tb a g -1 don't want to have
anything m ore to do with her.
rat-trap Usta, gubica, labrnja.
rate of knots, at a (great) Vrlo brzo.
rats! Besmislica!; glupost!; neverovatno!
rattle (sb) GB Jebati, zveketati. Isto have a rattle,
rattle cages Prodrmati/protresti stvari.
ratty Otrcan, zaputen. Slino scruffy; tacky,
raw deal Krajnje nefer postupak, mutna rabota. Isto a royal
fucking. The Academ y officers were heaping ra w deal after
raw deal on him.
raw, in the 1. Necivilizovan, sirov.
2. Go, bez odee.
reach-m e-downs GB Polovna, noena odea. Isto US hand-m edowns.
real gone 1. Zacopan, zatreskan.
2. Zastranio.
(real) McCoy, the Pravi, izvorni. You can trust her, she's the
McCoy.
real thing Prava, autentina stvar, neto izvorno.
red biddy GB Jeftino (crno) vino, crnjak.
red cap 1. GB voj. Vojni policajac.
2. US Nosa na stanici.
3. Penis.
red-hot 1. Krajnji, ekstreman; najnoviji; vru. This g u ys ju s t
busted out o f ja il and h e s red hot.
2. Senzacionalan.
3. Seksi, strastven; napaljen. *That little la d ys a red h o t fox.
*Give h e r a couple o f gins and she's red hot, believe me!
red lam p/light district Ulica/deo grada sja vn im kuama. There
were m any hustlers down in the red-light district.
redbrick GB Odnosi se na novoizgradene univerzitete u Engleskoj (osim Oksforda, Kembrida i Londonskog univerziteta).
redneck US 1. Neotesanac, prostak, prostaina, seljaina,
seljober, diber, geak. Bubbling with Southern tension as
red-neck M ississippi policem an Rod Steiger is forced to deal
with a black detective (Sidney Poitier) from the big city during
a m urder case."
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re e fe r nark. Doint, dokavac; cigareta marihuane/haia. Isto

joint.
reviver GB Okrepljujue pie.
rhino GB 1. Novae, moneta.
2. Nosorog.
rib Zezati, zafrkavati, zavitlavati. Slino kid; rag; ride. His trick is
gently rib b in g the audience.
ride 1. Zavitlavati, ismejavati. Slino needle; rib. I can rem em ber
rid in g Pete Rose to death from the bench.
2. Tucanje, "jahanje. She tried to take me upstairs fo ra rid e .
ride for a fall Srljati u propast; postupati/raditi nesmotreno; sei
granu na kojoj se sedi.
rig Nametati, lairati, manipulisati.
rig the m arket Manipulisati trinim cenama ili teajevima.
right as a trivet/as ninepence/as rain Potpuno zadovoljavajui.
right Charlie Vidi Charlie.
right foot forem ost Vidi best foot.
ring 1. Vagina.
2. mar.
ring o ff the hook Zvoniti non-stop (telefon).
rip off Orobiti; opeljeiti; nasamariti. Well, ju s t about everyone in
the m usic business has been rip p e d o ff, financially speaking.
Thats E ntertainm ent!
rip-off US Krada, pljaka, dranje. Two pounds for a glass o f
beer? That's a rip -o ff.
rip-snorter Sjajna/superiorna osoba/stvar. Slino beaut;
humdinger.
rise and shine Ustati iz kreveta; na noge lagane!
road-hog Bezobziran, neoprezan voza.
rock the boat Talasati, praviti probleme; poremetiti status quo.
rocker, off o nes Poblesavio, iznuo, siao s uma.
rockets Grudi, sise, sifoni.
rocks Muda.
rocks in (ones, the) head, have Biti lud/luckast, imati stanara u
glavi. You got ro c k s in y o u r h e a d if you think you can do that
im possible task.
rocks, on the 1. U novanoj stisci.
2. (za alkoholna pica) Sa ledom. Give me a Scotch o n the
ro c k s , please!
rod 1. US Pitolj. Heres a ro d , blow yo u r brains out.
2. Kita, pendrek. Slino shaft,
roll 1. Orobiti, pokrasti.
2. Poeti. W ed be tte r r o il now, it looks like rain.
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rollocks Eufem. od bollocks.

romp aw ay with Lako pobediti (obi. u trci). Takode romp home,
ronk G S V onjati, smrdeti, zaudatati, kandisati.
rook 1. Prevarati; opljakati. Slino gyp.
2. Gundati, aliti se.
rookie US Ruki; poetnik, novajlija, regrut, guter. Takode
rook(e)y. Are you crazy? Youre ju s t a ro o k ie . I ve been on
night patrol fo r years.
room er US Stanar, podstanar.
root 1. Povaliti, poeviti, potucati.
2. Kita, kara. Odatle have/get the root Erekcija.
root about Traiti, kopati po emu. W ho's been ro o tin g a b o u t
among m y papers?
rop(e)y GB Mizeran, loeg kvaliteta, u loem stanju.
rorty Veseo, vedar, sjajan.
rot GB Glupost, budalatina. Slino baloney; bullshit. "Don't talk
ro t!"
rotten 1. a Ik. Mrtav pijan.
2.
Jadan, bedan, lo. This is a ro tte n situation altogether.
rotter GB Nitarija.
rough around the edges Neugladen.
rough-neck US Grubijan, prostak, diber.
rough stuff 1. Grubost.
2.
Sado-mazohizam.
round the bend/twist Lud, iznuo. Takode clean round the bend
Skroz-naskroz lud.
royal fucking/screwing, give sb/sth a (Carski) sjebati, zeznuti.
We ga ve the ir team a ro y a i s c re w in g .
rozzer G BIop. Pandur, pajkan, kljun; detektiv.
rub off Masturbirati, trljati se (ena).
rub out US lop. Ubiti, upucati, ucmekati. Slino hit.
rubber boots US Kondomi, kurtoni.
rubber-neck US Osoba koja se napree da neto vidi (naro. iz
radoznalosti); radoznalac; turista (koji razgleda znamenitosti).
Odatle rubberneck w agon/bus Turistiki autobus za razgledanje znamenitosti.
rubblehead US Idiot, kreten, krelac, dileja.
ruddy GB Eufem. od bloody. W here's that ru d d y elephant gone?
rum GB udan, zbunjujui, misteriozan.
rum bag Pijanica, ispiutura, alkos. Isto lush,
rum custom er Nezgodan tip.
rum do/go Zbunjujui/m isteriozan dogadaj.

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rum one Qudak.

2. udan dogaaj, udni poslovi itd.
rumble 1. Informacija/mig policiji. The cops had gotten a ru m b le
that gangsters were held up.
2. Racija, pretraga. Isto roust.
3. Tua izmeu ulinih bandi.
rumpo GB 1. Seks. Susannah Hoffs is writting a steam y
romance novel. Packed with intrigue and ru m p o , it will, she
claims, put Jackie Collins in the shade.
2. Zgodna devojka.
3. Kurva, fuksa.
rumpus Urnebes, buna rasprava/svada, mete, nemir, graja.
Slino ruckus.
run-around, give one the 1. Zavlaiti/odugovlaiti s odgovorom.
2.
Prevariti mua/enu, arati, vrljati.
run-down Spao s nogu, iscrpljen, baldisao, lipsao od umora. If
you're ru n -d o w n I'll take a raincheck.
run, on the U bekstvu.
run out on Ostaviti na cedilu. Patric ra n o u t o n his p o o r wife.
run sth by again Ponoviti. Isto com e again. Just ru n that name
and address b y a g ain, will you?
run the show Biti set parade; biti glavni.
run the tape over Ispitati, pregledati (obi. medicinski).
runs, the GB Proliv, sraka. I cant eat that stuff. It gives me the
ru n s .
Ruskies pogrd. Rusi. Slino comm ies,
rustle Pljaka.
rustle ones bustle Prenuti se, trgnuti se iz letargije, aktivirati se.
rustler US 1. Preduzimljiv, energian ovek; iva vatra, ilo.
2.
Kradljivac stoke,
rutabaga US Dolar.

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rack. Let me stay in the s a c k all day.
2. hit the sack Otid u krevet. "Let's h it the sa ck, I'm
exhausted."
safe! GB 1. Kul!; o-kej!; da!; dogovoreno!; vai!
2. ao!
sahib Vidi pukka,
salt 1. M ornar (obi. old salt).
2. GB Devojka.
3. US nark. Heroin.
salt aw ay Staviti na stranu, utedeti.
sam bo pogrd. Crnja, amuga, ama.
same boat, in the U istom sosu.
same street, not in the Razliitog kvaiiteta; nisu iste klase/
kategorije.
sap US Budala, glupak, naivko, ovca. Isto saphead.
sappy 1. Glupav, budalast. Isto goofy.
2. Sladunjav, sentim entalan, patetian. Isto schm altzy,
sarny; sarnie GB Sendvi.
sauce GB 1. Potucati, "um oiti. Have you s a u c e d h e r ye t?
2. alk. Alkohol.
3. Bezobrazluk.
4. on the sauce alk. Na buzu, na cirki, na akoholu.
sauced alk. Pijan, ultevljen, uikan.
saucy language Bezobrazan, soan jezik.
sausage Penis, kobasica.
saved by the bell Spasen u poslednjem trenutku.
-savvy Strunjak za. "If you're having problem s with yo u r hard
disk, talk to Jim. He's very com puter-savvy. "
sawbones GB Lekar, doktor.
say ones piece Red svoje.
scab 1. trajkolomac. Slino fink.
2.
Prevarant.
scag; skag nark. (Jeftin) heroin,
scag nod US nark. Stond.
scallywag US Nitarija, bitanga, propalitet, olo, spadalo. Slino
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scam US 1. Prevara; trik, caka. Slino con. Odatle scamming
Uestvovati u takvoj prevari. I m always glad to h e ar o f m y
friends com ing up with new sc am s.
2. Informacija, tip". Isto the lowdown; the scoop. Here's the
s c a m ... W ere holing in for the night.
scanties enski donji ve, gaice.
scare the (living) daylights out of sb Preplaiti, prestraviti koga.
Earthquakes scare the living daylights out o f me.
scare the pants o ff sb Prestraviti koga. Isto scare the hell out
o f sb; scare the shit out o f sb. When I saw the m uscles on
him it scared pants o ff me .
scared stiff Uasnut, prestravljen.
scarper GB Kidnuti, klisnuti, pobei.
scatty GB Lud, iznuo. Slino goofy; scaterbrained.
scene, its not my Nije po mom ukusu; nije stvar u koju se
razumem.
schm o(o)(ze) askati. Slino shoot the breeze. "No, we weren't
talking about anything important. We were ju s t schm oozing."
s(c)hm uck; schmock; shm o(e) US 1. Budala, moron, dileja,
krele. Slino bastard; prick. It's happened to bigger
schm ucks than me.
2. Kita, kara.
schnockered US alk. Pijan, betoniran, uletvljen.
scoff GB 1. Klopa, has. W hat I've got m y eye on is all that lovely
scoff.
2. Jesti, krkati.
scoop Senzacionalna prva vest, ekskluzivna/vruca vest. The
pa p e r scored a m ajor scoop with that revelation.
scoot Jurnuti. When they saw the cops they scooted right out o f
there.
scorcher 1. Vrlo vru dan.
2. O soba/stvar koja se mnogo ceni; m rak osoba/stvar. Slino
corker. This is the best tennis match o f the year, a real
scorcher.
score 1. Situacija; novost. Obic. w hats the score? (ta se
dogada ?)
2. GB 20 funti. I thought it was worth at least a hundred, but I
only got a score for it.
3. Uspeti, postii uspeh. Slino rate. The show didn't score
with the TV critics.
4. Jebati, tucati, upisati recku. Slino make it with sb. He
finally scored A t least he said he did.
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6. lop. Narueno ubistvo. Isto hit.
7. US nark. Kupiti, nabaviti (drogu). W ant to s c o re , Blackie?
8. tos. D id you ju s t make the s c o re ?
9. lop. Poiniti kriminalno delo.
10. lop. Ukrasti, maznuti, gepiti.
score o ff Poniziti, nadmudriti.
scouser GB Stanovnik Liverpula.
scram Gubi se!; brii!; tutanj! Slino beat it. S cram , you kids!
scrap GB Svada, prepirka, tua, makljaa. Slino dust up. They
s c ra p p e d fo r days over the appointment.
scrape, a Problem.
scratch US Ke, gotovina, uke. Slino bread; dough. What
about you Charlie; why don't you try to come up with some
s c ra tc h for a change.
scratch along ivotariti.
scream, a Krajnje smena ili glupava osoba/stvar/ala itd. Slino
a hoot; a riot. She thought it was a s c re a m when I fell o ff m y
chair, but I failed to see the joke.
screaming (h)abdabs, the GB 1. Delirijum tremens; nervoza.
2. give one the screaming (h)abdabs loi kome na ivce,
nervirati.
screw 1. GB zat. uvar u zatvoru.
2. GB Plata, nadnica, prihod.
3. Jebanje, eva, tucanje. Isto fuck. She loves a good scre w .
4. Jebati, povaliti, potucati. Isto fuck.
5. Zajebati, zeznuti, prevariti. Slino fuck. The sa le scle rk
s c re w e d me on this watch.
6. put the screws on/to Pritisnuti, prirafiti, izvriti pritisak na.
screw around US Biti promiskuitetan, arati, vrljati.
2. Vatati zjale, gluvariti, gubiti vreme.
screw sth up Uprskati/zeznuti stvar; upropastiti, sjebati, zasrati.
Who s c re w e d u p m y stereo?
screw sb over Zajebati, zeznuti koga. Isto fuck over,
screw loose, have a Biti aknut/udaren/otkaen.
screwball US udak, ekscentrik, uvrn uttip, lujka. Slino freak;
oddball,
screw off Drkati.
screwed on (the right way), have ones head Nije veslo sisao;
nije naivan/mutav.
screw the pooch US 1. Mlatiti praznu slamu. Slino fuck the
dog.
2. Napraviti veliku greku, zajebati se, popuiti, izduvati.
screw up Sjebati, upropastiti, zeznuti, zasrati. She claim s she's
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screw y 1. GB alk. Pijan, pod gasom,
2. Ekscentrian, lud, nastran, aav, uvrnut. Slino nutty;
screwball.
scrim shank GB Izbegavati dunost, zabuavati. Odatle
scrim shanker Zabuant.
scrounge (up) 1. ic(k)ati; krasti. Isto cadge; mooch.
2. be on the scrounge Prositi, traiti milostinju, icariti.
scrounger ic(k)aro; kradljivac. Isto cadger; moocher;
schnorrer. A nd the genes o f the m ost pow erful man on earth
with a great sex drive have less probability o f success than the
genes o f a social security s c ro u n g e r with 10 children.
scrub GB 1. (Jeftina) kurva; drolja. Isto scrubber.
2. Otkazati, eliminisati. They were forced to s c ru b the whole
plan.
scrub it! Zaboravi!; nita od toga!
scrub round Ignorisati.
scrum ptious Prvorazredan, delikatesan (hrana).
scuffer GB lop. Pandur, aca, kljun.
scum (of the earth) ljam, olo, propalitet, dubre. Isto scumbag,
scumbag US 1. Olo, ljam, baraba, mizerija, propalitet,
propalica, kurton od oveka. Slino asshole; bastard.
2. Kondom, kurton. Slino rubber,
scupper 1. Okonati, upropastiti (plan itd). Im afraid he
s c u p p e re d his chances at the interview by looking so scruffy.
2.
US Kurva, fuksa, rava.
sea, atZbunjen, smuen.
sea-law yer Isto to i barrack-room lawyer,
see a man about a dog, go to loi u WC; ioi u veneciju.
seedy Otrcan.
sell a pup Prodati rog za sveu; prodati muda za bubrege,
nasamariti.
sell sb/sth out lop. Prodati, izdati koga/to, odrukati policiji.
send sb down lop. Uorkirati koga. Judge Richard Cole decided
not to s e n d the m d o w n .
send-up GB Parodija, satira, burleska. Slino spoof,
settle/fix sb s hash 1. Zapriti kome orbu, srediti koga. Slino
finish; cook sbs goose. I'll check you out after I se tt/e his
hash.
2.
Poniziti; poraziti. Slino fix sbs wagon,
sew sth up 1. Zavriti, okonati. They s e w e d u p the contract
today.
2.
a) Izmoriti, iscrpeti (osobu). b) Izigrati, nasamariti.
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sexy Privlaan, primamljiv, poeljan. A cid rain is politically sexy
b ut it h a snt h a lf the allure o f jo b s ."
shack jo b Ljubavnica, valerka. This was an early shack-job,
n ot the girl m entioned above.
shack up with iveti u divljem braku; deliti gajbu s (kime). She
shacked up with him fo r a month o r two.
shackie GB Bela devojka koja ivi s tamnoputim mukarcem.
shade pogrd. Obojeni, amuga, ama, crnja, okolada.
shades Naoare za sunce.
shady stuff Mutne rabote, prljava posla.
shaft 1. Kita, kara.
2. Tucanje, karanje, jebaina. a good shaft.
3. Tucati, karati, jebati.
4. US Postupiti nefer/prljavo; prevariti/izjebati koga. The oil
com panies you leased the land to shafted you out o f an esti
m ated 650 million dollars.
shag 1. Uhvatiti maglu, odmagliti, zbrisati. Isto shag ass. You'd
best shag now.
2. Zezati, zavitlavati; muvati. Isto hassle; hound.
3. Jebati, tucati. He wanted to m arry the simple girl, but also
shag the m ost pow erful woman in the world while youre at it.
4. Seks, jebanje, tucanje, kresanje.
shag it up Slomiti, razbiti. You'll shag it up if you keep hitting it
with that hammer.
shagged (out) GB Iscrpljen, spao s nogu.
shake-out Prestruktuiranje (u preduzeu itd.) koje podrazumeva
otputanje osoblja. The recorded-m usic business is going
through a significant shakeout.
shag-room Jebarnik.
shakes, no great Nita naroito/posebno.
shake ones pants Igrati, plesati, duskati. When y o u re out with
the Chelsea boys do you like to shake y o u r pants on the
dance floor?
sham bles Zbrka, nered, rusvaj. Everything was in a sham bles.
shamus; shammus; shamos; shom m us US 1. Privatni detektiv,
policajac. Slino cop.
2. Dounik, cinkaro, taster. Slino stool pigeon,
shark 1. Ekspert.
2. Beskrupulozni prevarant. Slino hustler; sharp,
sharp; sharper; sharpie 1. Prevarant, varalica. Slino card
sharp.
2. Ekspert, majstor. Slino pro.
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shat on Izjeban, popian, izmaltretiran. Isto shafted,
shaver utokljunac. Obi. young shaver Nevaljali deak.
shavetail iljokuran, naivko, utokljunac, novajlija, guter".
shebang, the w hole US uture; sve zajedno, cela stvar.
shekels hum. Lova, bogatstvo.
shelling peas, easy as Veom a lako, prosto ko pasulj.
shem ozzle 1. Zbrka, konfuzija. Slino mess; rhubarb.
2. Isto to i shebang,
shenannicking Prevara, podvala, ujdurma, varka, trik, smicalica; nestaluk (obi. seksualni). Isto shenanigan(s);
shenanegan; shenangin; shenanickin; shenanikin;
shenannegan; shenannigan; shinanegan. Pulling a sickie
from work should, in theory, involve a day o f bedroom
sh e n a n ig a n s with the lady...
shindig Buna i velika zabava, gungula. Slino clambake,
shine pogrd. Obojeni, amuga, ama, crnja.
shined-on US Ignorisan. I'm not going to be s h in e d o n ! I think I
deserve some attention.
shine to/for, take a US Zaljubiti se u, zatreskati se u, zagrejati se
za, zapaliti se za, naloiti se na.
shiner 1. Modrica na oku, ljiva, . Slino black eye;
mouse.
2. GB Pera prozora.
shirt on, keep ones Ostati miran/pribran, savladati se.
shirty GB Iznerviran; zlovoljan; ljutit. Slino huffy; pissed off.
He was a little asham ed o f him self fo r getting s h ir ty with Ivar.
shit 1. Sranje.
2. Govnar. You stupid s h it! Look what you did!.
3. in the shit U govnima, u nevolji.
4. in shit order U haosu.
5. nark. Hai, ha, it. Hey this is excellent s h it, m an .
6. nark. Heroin, it. Isto smack; junk; skag; H ; brown;
horse; Harry; boy.
7. Glupost, budalatina. Come on, dont give me that s h it, I
wasnt born yesterday.
8. cut the shit! Ne seri!
9. I dont give a shit Ba me briga, boli me dupe.
10. crock o f shit Gomila lai/gluposti. Isto pile of shit.
shit a brick; shit bricks 1. Popizdeti. I was so mad, I alm ost s h it
a b ric k !.
2.
Prestraviti se, utronjati se, ukenjati se. Isto brick it.
shit-faced Pijan, usvinjio se.
shit-for-brains Gluperda, blenta, duduk, dileja. Slino shithead.
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shithead Seronja, kreten, idiot, dileja, krelac.
shit hits the fan, when the Kad pukne bruka; kad nastane
sranje. When the movie w as released, the s h it h it the fart.
shit-hot 1. Napaljen, naloen. H es sh it-ho t on spit and polish.
2. Prvoklasan, izvrstan, sjajan, moan, m rak. The new play
is really shit-hot! Go see it!
shit-house 1. Kenjara, klozet.
2. Prljavo, neuredno mesto. W hat a shit-house camp!
3. zat. Buvara, uza.
shit load Velika koliina. I have a s h it load o f work to do tonight.
shit-scared GB Uasnut, na sm rt preplaen, usro se od straha.
Isto scared shitless,
shit on a shingle Sranje na kvadrat, teko sranje.
shit or get off the pot Ili kenjaj, ili sidi sa olje; ne seri nego
uradi. Isto fish or cut bait,
shit-stirrer Onaj ko pravi probleme/sranja; problematian tip.
shitty 1. Lo, zao, pokvaren, kvaran. That was a really shitty
thing to do.
2. Inferioran, loeg kvaliteta; grozan, odvratan. That cassette
m achines g ot sh itty sound.
shmeg GB Idiot, kreten, krelac, dileja.
shmo; shmoe; shmuck; schm uck Budala, krele, dileja. She
seem s to like him but the g u ys a bit o f a shm o if you ask m e .
shocker Kriminalno loa stvar/osoba.
shoe-string, on a S ogranienim sredstvima. He started his
business on a shoestring and built it up.
shook up Uznemiren, potresen. So W oody kept his voice down,
but he w as all shaken up.
shoot the breeze/fat US askati, traariti. Slino chew the fat;
schm ooze. Who can W hitney Houston call, day o r night, to
tell h e r innerm ost thoughts o r ju s t s h o o t the breeze? G ospel
sin ge r CeCe Winans.
shoot the bull/crap/shit Priati gluposti, traariti, kenjati. Isto
bullshit. They sat around shooting the b ull until late at night.
shoot the lights Proi kroz crveno (svetlo).
shoot a line Duvati se, razmetati se, hvalisati se, preterivati.
Odatle line-shooter Duvadija, puvadija, razmetljivac,
hvalisavac.
shoot o nes bolt/load/wad Ejakulirati, svriti. A fte ry o u shoot
yo u r bolt, head back to the office to witness y o u r sweet
revenge.
shoot o nes mouth off 1. Hvalisati se, duvati se. Slino talk big.
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shoot, the w hole (bang) Sve uture. Isto the whole
shooting-m atch.
shooter GB lop. Pitolj, puca, utoka, prangija, cevka.
shoot up nark. Roknuti se, srediti se. Isto jab a vein; mainline,
shooting gallery nark. 1. Mesto gde narkoman moe bezbrino
da se ufiksa. The Com m ons committee report, which reco
m ended downgrading ecstasy from class A to class B and
cannabis from class B to class C, also suggested prescribing
heroin to addicts and setting up shooting galleries where
addicts can inject in controled surroundings.
2. Zabava ili okupljanje narkomana s mogunou intravenskog drogiranja. ... in a fellow m usicians hotel room during a
shooting g allery (dope party)...
shop 1. GB lop. Izdati, cinkariti, otkucati, prijaviti.
2. talk shop Govoriti o poslu; biti poslovan.
shop, all over the GB 1. U neredu, u rusvaju. Don't leave you r
things all o ver the shop; p u t them.
2.
Svuda (naokolo), u svim pravcima. I ve been all o ver the
shop trying to find that pen.
short and curlies, have sb by the GB Drati koga za kovrdave
dlaice, drati kome muda u procepu; imati koga na milost i
nemilost; imati koga u aci.
short hairs, have sb by the Drati koga za kovrdave dlaice,
drati koga u aci; drati kome muda u procepu, biti nadmoan
nad kim.
short o ut US Pobesneti, razljutiti se. He tries to keep his cool,
but every now and again he shorts o u t
shot nark. Fiks.
shout the odds 1. Preterano/preglasno priati; razglabati.
2.
Hvalisati se, razmetati se.
shove it up your ass Zabi to sebi u dupe!; jebi se! Isto up
yours!
show off Razmetati se, praviti se vaan. Slino grandstand; hot
dog. He ran a quick eight miles, ju s t show ing off.
show sb where to get o ff Rei nekome da je dosta, postaviti
koga na njegovo mesto. Britain is now a place occupied by
rude, crude, vulgar people, and those who form ed the ju ry in
the trial o f A rcher were determ ined to sh o w these toffs where
they g o t off.
shunt (off) Prebaciti odgovornost (na).
shut it Isto to i shut up.
shut ones face/m outh/trap Umuknuti. Isto shut up.
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shut up Umuknuti.
shutters up, put the 1. Uutati.
2. put up the shutters Staviti katanac; okonati posao (na
kraju dana ili zauvek).
shyster US Korumpiran ovek (pogot. advokat).
sick building syndrom e Loi uslovi rada zaposlenih u firmama
(manifestuju se glavoboljama, respiratornim problemima itd).
sick to death o f Sit (ega) do gue.
sick up GB Ispovratiti.
silly buggers, play Ponaati se budalasto ili provokativno;
izazivati.
sing US lop. Pevati (na policiji), cinkariti, drukati. Slino squeal.
Last month the alleged cocaine im porter from Am erica was
driven north to a secure house where he is said b y detectives
to be in g in g like a bird'.
sink alk. Piti alkohol, cugati, lokati. Lets go out and s in k a few
beers. We can talk at the pub.
sissy US Pikica, mekuac, slabi, seka-persa, enskast
deak/mukarac. Slino daisy; lily; pansy,
situation, have a Imati problem.
sit back and take this shit, not Ne sedeti skrtenih ruku; ne
trpeti vise sranje. The abused woman said she would no
longer s it b a c k a n d take th is s h it.
sit on ones duff Dokoliiti, vatati zjale.
sit-upon G B hum . Zadnjica.
sitter Lak posao; ono to se moe s lakoom napraviti.
sitting duck Laka meta.
six feet under Mrtav i pokopan.
sixty-four thousand dollar question, the Poslednje i najtee
pitanje; sutina problema. D id that mean the whole area had
extractable tin underneath it? That's the 64,000 d o lla r
q u e s tio n .
skag ili scag 1. nark. (Jeftin) heroin; lo dop. Isto smack; junk;
shit; H ; brown; horse; Harry; boy.
2. Kretenka, glupaa. Isto bat; skank.
3. Mamlaz, krele, mentol. Isto jerk,
skank US 1. Smrad; neto odvratno/neprijatno.
2. Gadura. Isto skag.
3. Kurva. Isto hooker.
skat Moderan, pomodan, fensi, u trendu, in.
skate 1. Problematian mladi/tip.
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skates on, get/put ones GB Pouriti.
skids on, put the Usporiti.
skid row, on US 1. Skitnica, kloar, protuva.
2. Bankrot.
skim Prikriti, ne prijaviti za porez (npr. novae od kockanja). ...their
clergyman le ad er is secretly in cahoots with Tony to skim
money.
skin Operuati, oguliti. He thought he was pretty sm art b ut those
guys skinned him.
skin, get under sbs 1. ioi kome na nerve/jetru, nervirati koga.
2. Podvui se kome pod kou, umiliti se kome.
skin off my ass/butt/nose, no Svejedno mi je, ba me briga,
zabole me. W hether you make it o r not, it's no skin o ff m y
nose.
skinful, have a Popiti previse alkohola.
skin-head Skinhed; elavac.
skint GB Dekintiran, bez love, vorc. Isto broke. Are the British
really as skint as we like to make out."
skip Nestati, pobei, klisnuti, furnuti. They skipped out o f the
m otel at 2 AM.
skipper GB 1. ef; kapetan.
2. Kloariti, iveti kao beskunik. I tell you, / was forced to
skipper. I ne ver had any choice.
skirt Devojka, riba, suknja. Isto crumpet,
skirt-chaser enskaro.
skive (off) GB Eskivirati (posao, dunost itd); zabuavati.
skiver Zabuant.
sku(l)duggery hum. Prevara, trik, tos, marifetluk. Slino dirty
work; hanky-panky. Some skulduggery no doubt went on
during the elections.
sky-blue pink Neodredene boje.
skys the limit, the Nema granice (mogunostim a); postoji samo
jedna granica - nebo.
slack Kurva.
slacker Lentina, lezilebovi, zabuant.
slag GB 1. Kurva. I h ad an argum ent with this other girl over a
boy. H er m ates wrote Donna is a s la g in the school toilet.
2.
Sitan krim inalac, prevarant.
slag dow n/off Vredati, estoko kritikovati, ocrniti. He followed me
down the street, slagging me off.
slog one's guts out Satirati se od posla.
Slam, bam, thank you Mam Uo, zao, hvala ti, snao; seks na
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slammed GB alk. Pijan, pod gasom.
slam m er US zat. uza, mardelj, bajbok, rupa, orka.
slamming muz. Slemovanje, utka, grub pies u prvim redovima
na pank i rok koncertima gde uesnici namerno guraju i
utiraju jedni druge.
slant Pogled (na stvar); vienje, miljenje, taka gledita. Slino
angle. This disclosure puts a new s la n t on the matter.
slant-eye US pogrd. Kosooki (peorativan izraz za Azijce u
Americi).
slap 1. Tano; direktno. * Slap on time. *Slap-bang in the middle.
2. GB Obrok, jeio; gozba. a good s la p .
slap and tickle G B hum . Ljubakanje, peting.
slap in the eye, better than a Prihvatljiv, moe da prode.
slapper GB Kurva.
slate loose, have a aknut, flipnuo, odlepio.
slave ones guts out Crniti, diriniti, skapavati (od posla).
sleazy; sleazo; sleazoid GB Odvratan, ogavan, lo, Ijigav. isto
grungy; scuzzy. The question now is weather the term
crony will prove as devastating as the word s le a z e , which
hastened the end o f 18 years o f Tory rule.
sleep on it Paljivo (jo jednom ) razmotriti; pustiti stvar da
prenoi.
slewed GB alk. Pijan, naliven, pod gasom.
sling your hook GB Gubi se!; brii! We don't want you here. Go
on, s lin g y o u r h o o k !
slinky Seksi. ...the return o f s lin k y dress.
slip it across one Prevariti koga; prevesti koga ednog preko
vode. isto US slip sth over on sb.
slog 1. Dirinenje, crnenje, tegoban posao. I always found
school different: it was a hard s lo g .
2. Crniti, diriniti. Obi. slog aw ay at. Vidi slogger (1).
3. Jak udarac. Vidi slogger (2).
4. estoko udariti, odalamiti, mlatnuti, pripaiiti.
slogger 1. Onaj ko uspe naporno radei.
2. Onaj ko estoko udara, razbija.
slosh 1. (Sentimentalna) glupost; neto srceparajue.
2. GB Jako udariti, klepiti; prilepiti, zavaliti (kome). Say that
again and I'll s lo s h you.
sloshed GB alk. Pijan, uletvljen, uikan.
slot Pika.
slow Kasno pali, ima kasno paljenje, priglup. Isto slow-coach;
slow-poke.
slut 1. Kurva, kurvica. She is the m ost notorius s lu t in town.
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slyboots Prepredenjak, namazanko, lisac.
sm ack ili shm ack ili shm eck nark. Heroin. Isto horse; junk;
skag; shit; brown; horse; Harry; boy.
sm ack at, have a Pokuati.
sm ack-head nark. Heroinoman, danki.
sm ack in the eye amar; odbijanje, utka, dvojka, noga;
razoarenje.
sm ack one silly Iupati kome ui, izgrditi.
sm acked-out nark. Na heroinu.
sm acker 1. GB 1 funta. US 1 dolar, zelemba. Do you wanna
take the thousand sm ackers o r try fo r the sensational bath
room suite?
2. Zvuan poljubac. Slino smack. She gave him a big
sm acker and sent him on his way.
3. Jak udarac. I caught him a right sm acker on his jaw.
sm ackhead nark. Heroinski zavisnik, danki.
small beer/potatoes Sitna riba; neto beznaajno. That Guy de
M aupassant m akes Representative Hayes look like very sm all
potatoes.
sm all-tim e Drugorazredni, beznaajan. Slino bush league.
The heroes o f the film Fat C ity are two sm all-tim e boxers.
small time, the Drugorazredni, inferioran posao, poduhvat itd;
sitna riba,
smalls GB Donji ve, gaice.
sm art-ass Pam etnjakovi, pametnica. Isto wise-ass; smart/wise
guy; know-it-all; bigmouth. ...you get the felling that right
under the surface is a foul-m outhed sm art-ass who could
shoot pool with the boys...
sm arty-boots Sveznalica, mudrica.
smash hit Izuzetno veliki uspeh; mega-hit. Slino hit.
smashed 1. nark. Jako nadrogiran, razbijen.
2.
alk. Pijan, oleen od alkohola.
sm asher 1. GB Sjajan, fantastian tip; fam ozna stvar. I thought
the book was a sm asher.
2.
(Seksualno) privlana ena/m ukarac.
sm ashing Izvanredan.
smell a rat Nanjuiti prevaru. When it com es to Disney, we
parents don't sm ell a rat.
sm ells like jack shit, he Smrdi kao tvor. Isto he sm ells like road
hell.
sm eller Nos, surla.
sm oke 1. pogrd. Obojeni, amuga, ama, crnja.
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3. Cigareta, pljuga.
4. nark. Cigareta marihuane, "duvanje. Have you got any
sm oke fo r tonight.
5. the (big/great) sm oke GB London; svaki veliki grad,
smokey; sm oky US lop. Policajac, pandur, pub.
sm oothie; smooth article Izvetaena osoba. / have nothing but
contem pt for the international art market. It is a racket none
the be tte r for being operated b y cultivated sm oothies.
(sm ooth) operator Prevejan/prefrigan tip. Vidi operater.
smooth talker - easy w alker Slatkoreiv, prevejan tip; premazan
svim bojama.
snaffle Ukrasti, ornuti, maznuti.
snap, a Neto veoma lako, maji kaalj. "Is y o u r jo b difficult?" "No, actually it's a snap. In fact, it's so easy that it's a little bit
boring."
snap out o f it Postati energiniji/aktivniji; prenuti se.
snappy, make it GB Hajde brzo, pouri!
snatch 1. GB Brza pljacka/provala/krada. The child m uggers told
with chilling frankness h ow and why they resorted to
sn atches as they are som etim es called.
2. Pika (ili ena uopte). Know what I did when I was
fifteen? Sent a lock o f m y sn atch-h air o ff in an envelope to
Marlon Brando.
3. Ukrasti; kidnapovati. The kid was snatched as he left
school.
4. Uhapsiti, orkirati.
snazzy Elegantan, privlaan, moderan. Slino nifty; ritzy. While
they m ay appear sn azzy now... time will take its toll.
sneeze nark. Kokain.
snitch 1. G B hum . Nos, njonja, surla.
2. lop. Cinkaro, potkaziva, dounik, taster. Isto snitcher, rat;
stool pigeon. Maybe some o f m y old snitches have run
across som ething new.
3. lop. Cinkariti, pevati. Slino sing; squeal. Someone m ust
have snitched on me, she says.
4. lop. Ukrasti, maznuti, gepiti. Slino swipe. He snitched a
couple o f cookies.
snog GB 1. Vatanje, peting.
2.
have a snog Vatati se. They were having a quick snog
while the lights were out.
snooker Nadmudriti, prevariti. Slino scam. The Chinese clearly
believe that they snookered Nixon.
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snooty Uobraen, odbojan, snobovski. Slino sniffy,
snorter 1. Bilo ta izuzetno veliko/snano/znaajno. When he
finished the tale, it was time fo r another s n o rte r.
2. Vrlo atraktivna osoba/stvar.
s n o t l. Slina. Whipe the s n o t o ff yo u r face and cheer up.
2. Odvratan tip, slina, Ijiga.
snotie Nadobudno, nadmeno. I wouldnt go to that s n o t/e club
forthe life o f me.
snout GB z at. 1. Cigareta, pljuga.
2. Dounik, cinkaro, taster.
3. Obavetavati, cinkariti, njukati.
snow nark. Kokain, belo, lobe. A nd he was also snorting
snow .
snow jo b Prikrivanje pravih motiva sa ciljem da se neko ubedi u
neto; laskanje.
snowball (ili -flake) in hell, no more chance than a Nikakve
anse; ni teorijske anse. Takode not a snow ball (ili -flake)
in hells chance,
snowed under/up Biti zatrpan (npr. poslom).
snozzle Nos.
snuff nark. Kokain, koka.
snuff out lop. Ubiti, ucmekati.
If I cause too much embarrassment, they'll ju s t s n u f f me out.
sob; SOB = son o f a bitch
sob sister Novinarka koja odgovara na pitanja u vezi sa linim
problemima itaoca (uglavnom su to srceparajui tekstovi).
sob story Srceparajua pria.
sob stuff Srceparajua pria/film itd; sentimentalan, jeftin nain
pisanja. Eppingham had prepared to lay on the s o t s tu ff. "
sobs Novae, lova. H ow m any s o b s did that Arm ani suit cost?
sock GB Udariti, mlatnuti, odalamiti. Slino clobber; paste,
sock in it, put a GB hum. Umukni, zaepi (gubicu).
socks up, pull ones GB Zasukati rukave, pljunuti u ake, biti
efikasniji.
sod GB 1. Homoseksualac, peder.
2. Kreten, krele, moron, dileja, tupadija. I m sorry I was such
a s o d to you.
sod all Nita, ipak, pampur. He got the profit and I got s o d -a ll.
sod off Gubi se!; brii!; tornjaj se!; nosi se! / told them to s o d o f f
and leave me alone.
sodding GB Prokleti. I'll rem em ber this s o d d in g day until the
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soft 1. Budalast. Takoe soft in the head.
2. Lak. Takode soft option Lak posao.
soft haporth Naivko, ovca, mekuac.
soft num ber Lak posao, laka sluba.
soft on Slab prema (kome).
soft saw der 1. Laskanje, ulagivanje.
2. Laskati.
softball Trivijalan. Slino piss elegant,
softie; softy Budala, zvekan; mekuac, mlakonja.
soixante-neuf ezdesetdevetka; poza koja omoguava da
partneri istovremeno jedno drugo oralno zadovoljavaju.
SOL = shit out of luck Gotov, sjeban, uniten. Isto kaput. If the
press gets a hold o f this we're SOL.
sold a pup Nasamariti, prodati rog za sveu.
soldier on Nastaviti muki/junaki, nastaviti uprkos tekoama.
The odds were against us, but we decided to s o ld ie r on
anyway.
solid 1. Celih, ciglo. twenty s o lid minutes.
2. US Impresivan, zadivljujui, sjajan, izvrstan. Slino grat;
groovy. He blew some real s o lid sax."
3. GB nark. Hai.
something 1. Naglaen dodatak pridevu ili prilogu. She suffers
s o m e th in g awful from migraine.
2.
M rak osoba/stvar. D id you see his shirt? It's s o m e th in g !
something about one, to have Biti armantan, imati stila/meka.
son o f a bitch Kukin sin, skot, govnar, gad, pederina, dukela.
sort sth out GB Srediti, urediti to.
sorted GB nark. Snabdeven. Odatle get sorted Snabdeti se. I've
ju s t been into town and g o t s o rte d for tonight's party.
sou, not have a Biti bez kinte.
soul food Hrana koja se obino povezuje sa crncima amerikog
juga (kukuruzna kaa, kukuruzni hleb, pasulj itd).
sound Sjajan, izvanredan.
soup, in the U sosu/abru/kripcu. Isto in hot water,
sourpuss; sourpan Mrgud, namor.
soused alk. Pijan, pripit, naliven, m okar. Isto soused to the
gills.
south-paw Levoruka osoba. M any brilliant persons are s o u th
p a w s, although perhaps only by coincidence.
sozzled GB alk. Pijan, pod gasom.
space US Sanjariti; otkaiti. She puts on the headphones and
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space out Otkaiti, otkinuti, flipnuti (obi. usled konzumiranja
droge.)
spade pogrd. US Crnuga, cmja, amuga. The spades ihabited
Harlem and le t the ofays have Wall Street to themselves.
spanker Izvrsna osoba/stvar; sjajan momak; sjajan primerak.
spanking 1. Izvanredan.
2. Nov.
spank the m onkey Masturbirati, amarati majmuna.
spanner in the works, throw a GB Bacati klipove pod tokove;
sabotirati; osujetiti, poremetiti. Mr. Cousins has thrown a
sp an n er into the Labour Party's works.
spare GB 1. Vrlo ljut, besan. Obi. go spare Popizdeti, pobesneti.
2. Lenj, dokon.
3. GB Slobodan, dostupan za seks. W hats it like down the
dancehaii? Plenty o f spare girls?"
4. standing about like a spare prick Dokon k'o kurac.
5. a bit o f spare Devojka dostupna za seks.
spare prick Nekom petentna/beskorisna osoba.
sparklers Dijamanti, dragulji.
spat US Svada, rasprava.
specs Cvikeri, dozluci. You don't see m any goalies in cpecs."
speed nark. Spid, amfetamin.
speedball nark. Kombinacija heroina/m orfijum a i kokaina.
speeder Voza koji prekorai dozvoljenu brzinu.
speed-m erchant 1. Voza koji juri; brz trka.
2.
Osoba koja brzo dela ili se brzo kree.
spew (up) ones guts/ring 1. Ispovratiti creva.
2.
Pevati na policiji, sve prinati.
spic(k) pogrd. Meksikanac, Portorikanac, panac,
Hispanoamerikanac. Isto pedro.
spiffing GB Sjajan, prvoklasan, izvrstan.
spiky GB Bogomoljac.
spill Priznati, propevati. 7 couldn't g et him to spill.
spill ones guts Ispljunuti (tajnu), red sve to zna. They p u t a lit
tie pressure on him and the creep spilled his guts."
spill the beans/works Izbrbljati tajnu.
spin doctor Strunjak za manipulisanje javnim mnjenjem; ekvilibrista u vladi; savetnik politiara koji daje iskrivljeno objanjenje
za medije, onaj ko opravdava poteze politiara i popravlja nji
hov ugled u javnosti. President Bill Clinton has tried to recruit
B ritains best-known sp in-doctor to help fight o ff im pending
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spit and saw dust Bilo koje nepretenciozno/obino mesto za
zabavu (restoran, bar itd). It's a bit s p it and sawdast.
spitting feathers edan, suvog grla.
splash 1. GB aj.
2. US nark. Pilule amfetamina.
3. have a splash ///splash ones boots Piati (samo
mukarci).
4. make a splash Pobuditi senzaciju; ostaviti ja k utisak. Thats
the book that made such a big splash a couple o f years ago.
splattered, get Biti teko poraen, potuen do nogu.
splay US nark. Marihuana.
splice 1. Venati se. Odatle spliced Venani.
2. GB Tucati, povaliti, skratiti. I sp liced his woman while he
was on b a r duty downstairs.
spl iff nark. Cigareta marihuane/haia.
spondulicks; spondoolicks; spondulix Novae, bogatstvo. No
one seem ed very anxious to come up with the spondulicks "
sponge Parazit, onaj ko ivi na tudi raun.
spooky Jeziv, sablasan, zastraujui.
sporting chance Slabe/nikakve anse.
spot 1. Mala koliina.
2. Tekoa, nevolja. Obi. in a spot U nevolji.
3. GB Prepoznati, identifikovati. I sp o tted h e r as a phony long
ago.
4. on the spot Pripravan, spreman. W henever sh e s needed
she's quickly on the spot.
spot of, a Malo, malko, malice. have a sp o t o f tea.
spot (sb) US Pozajmiti (novae). Spot me a twenty will you?"
spout 1. GB spout off Mnogo priati, razmetati se.
2. up the spout U kripcu/sosu.
spring fo r GB Platiti za. OK, keep yo u r hand in yo u r pocket, I'll
spring fo r the grub.
sprog GB voj. 1. Regrutovati.
2. Regrut ili novi deak u koli.
sp u d 1. Rugoba.
2. Prijateljski nain obraanja drugaru.
square, a 1. Konzervativac; strejta. Slino Clyde; uncool. I do a
little vocal num ber fo r the squares.
2. Potenjaina.
3. Konzervativan, malogradanski.
square-bashing G S Vebanje, dril.
square broad Potena ena (nije kurva).
square-eyes 1. TV manijak.
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square-head pogrd. Nemac, vaba; stranac germanskog porekla.
squashed US alk. Pijan, pod gasom.
squaw Skvo, ena.
squeal GB lop. Cinkariti, otkucati, drukati. Slino rat; sing;
squawk.
squeal(er) lop. Cinkaro, taster, drukara. Slino rat; snitch,
squiffy GB Pripit, pod gasom.
squirt Bezveznjak, dripac, budala, krele. Slino peanut,
squitters Proliv.
stack cards Napakovane karte. Odatle: napakovati (kome). The
cards are stacked against him.
staggers, the Posrtanje, teturanje. The next day y o u ve got the
staggers and y o u r fine coordination is destroyed for 72 hours.
stage-dive muz. Skoiti sa scene u publiku na rok koncertu.
stam ping-ground(s) Okupljalite, sastajalite, stecite.
stand ones hand Platiti raun (ili svoj deo rauna).
stand sb up Prevariti, ispaliti, zavrnuti koga. You will keep our
date. You wouldnt stand me up, would you?
stand-up Ispravan, hrabar, pouzdan, na svom mestu. Slino
gutsy. Obi. stand-up guy. He handled the hum iliating defeat
like a stand-up guy.
stand-up (row) Ozbiljna (svada/rasprava).
star-bollock naked Vidi bollock,
starfucker 1. Grupi-devojka. Isto groupie.
2. Snob.
starkers GB Go, ko od majke roden. Slino bare-ass. You jo g
about, absolutely starkers, and then dive straight into a
swim m ing p o o l."
starry-eyed Zanesen, sanjalaki; nepraktian.
state GB 1. Stanje nereda, zabrinutost, uzbudenje.
2.
in a state Uzbuden, napet.
state-of-the-art Najmoderniji, ultramoderan, koji koristi najmoderniju tehnologiju. Cool venue, top DJ, state-of-the-art
sound system - thats all the punters need fo r a night out.
stavros GB pogrd. Grk.
stay tuned Ostanite na naem kanalu, ne menjajte stanicu.
steam, under o nes own B eztu de pomoi, vlastitim snagama.
steam boats GB Pijan, uikan. He was com pletely steam boats
by midday.
steamed 1. Ljut, besan.
2.
Pijan, uikan.
step on it///th e gas Dati gas, nagariti, ioi bre, pouriti. W ed
be tte r step on it, there's only five m inutes left.
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stewed (to the gills) GB Pijan, uletvljen, naljoskan.
stick 1. Dosadna/neprijatna/ukoena/zadrta osoba. Obi. old
stick ili dry old stick.
2. GB Fizika ili verbalna kazna. Youve done nothing but
snipe at me since I got home what have I done to deserve all
this s tick ?
3. nark. Doint, dokavac.
stick around Muvati se okolo. Slino hang around. I asked the
cops to stick around for a few minutes.
stick in the mud Zadrta/konzervativna osoba. Slino fogy. Be
cautious, but don't be a stick in the mud.
stick it (out) Izdrati, ne popustiti. Slino hang in. It's rough as
hell, but I ll stick it.
stick it (up his jum per, etc.), he can Moe to da okai maki o
rep.
stick of furniture Komad nametaja.
stick-up Prepad, pljaka. Slino hold-up.
sticky 1. GB Neprijatan; gadan; odvratan, teak. We all had a
very sticky h a lf h o ur until the firefighters came along.
2. Sentimentalan, patetian, sladunjav. Slino schmaltzy;
soppy.
3. Vidi w et and sticky,
sticky end, a Neprijatan zavretak.
sticky w icket 1. Nezgodna, problematina situacija.
2. GB b e/baton a sticky w icket Funkcionisati u tekim
uslovima.
stiff 1. Leina, le, mrtvak. They found a couple o f stiffs in the
millpond.
2. Ubiti.
3. Iskoristiti (finansijski); prevariti, nasamariti. Slino scam.
She tried to s tiff me fo r the fare.
4. US Pijan, uikan.
5. Dosadna osoba, smara, dave, smor.
stiff with Pun, krcat, nabijen.
sting 1. Prevara, pljaka.
2. Prevariti, opeljeiti. Obi. stung Prevaren, nasamaren,
opeljeen,
stinger Neprijatan elemenat, zakoljica, kvaka. Slino catch.
Seems like a good proposition, but theres a stin g er in it.
stink 1. Neprijatno/skandalozno otkrie.
2. Sjajno, super, m rak. I like those real stink clothes.
3. kick up a stink Napraviti zbrku/haos/nered.
4. like stink Vrlo brzo/energino; furiozno. She w asnt really
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stink o f m oney Vrlo bogat, pun ko brod.
stinker 1. Smrad, dubre, skot. Slino bastard. Stop acting like a
stinker.
2. Teak, nezgodan posao; neto vrlo lose,"odvratno. Takode
stinkeroo. If it proves to be a stih kero o leave the theater
quietly o r suffer in silence.
stinking 1. GB Znatno, veoma. stinking rich, drunk, etc.
2. Odvratan, antipatian, lo. Slino lousy. It was a stinking
way to treat her.
3. Mortus-pijan, uletvljen. Takode stinko.
stir GB zat. uza, mardelj, bajbok. Obi. in stir,
stir ones stumps Pouriti.
stockbroker belt Elitna stambena etvrt (obi. u prirodi, nadom ak
grada). Isto gin and Jaguar belt,
stoke up Dobro se najesti, nakrkati se.
stone Pravi, potpuni, totalni. People think it s a stone groove
being a superstar.
stone cold sober Trezan, trezvenjak.
stone-wall GB Blokirati, vriti opstrukciju, odugovlaiti, zavlaiti.
I want you all to stonew all it.
stoned 1. alk. Mrtav-pijan. Slino bombed out. They get
themselves stoned on beer.
2. nark. Ustondiran, uraden.
3. stoned out o f o nes mind nark. Ustondiran, uraden.
stone(e)y(-broke) Bez prebijene pare, vorc, liht-roze.
stones Muda.
stonkered alk. Mortus-pijan.
stonkers GB Sise, sifoni, baloni, plua.
stonking GB 1. Izvrstan, sjajan, fantastian.
2, Krajnje. When theyve got their dosh, they go out and have
a stonking good time.
stooge about/around GB Gluvariti, lunjati, cunjati, smucati se.
stook, in 1. Kratak s lovom.
2.
U nevolji/nezgodi.
stool (pigeon) lop. Dounik, cinkaro, taster. Isto US stoolie.
storm in Uleteti, upasti. The cops storm ed into the jo in t and
arrested the big guy.
straight 1. Ispravan; direktan, neposredan.
2. go straight Ponaati se u skladu sa zakonom (posle perioda provedenog u zatvoru); iveti ispravno.
3. nark. Strejt; nije pod uticajem droga, ne koristi droge. D o nt
offer h e r any, sh e s straight. "
4. Strejt; heteroseksualan, nije homoseksualan.
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straight as a dogs hind (III' back) leg Prevarant.
straight as they make them Vrlo poten; ispravan.
straight face, with a Bezizraajnog/ozbiljnog lica. I dont know
how he m anaged to keep his face straight.
straight up and down 1. Poten.
2. Lak.
strap, on (the) Na veresiju/kredit; na kredu.
strapped 1. vorc, bez kinte, dekintiran. Slino broke. He
happens to be strapped financially.
2. US Naoruan pitoljem. He w as strapped when he went to
m eet them.
streak 1. Mrava osoba.
2. (long) streak of m isery Mrav ko saraga; bijafra.
3. like a streak Brzo, kao munja.
street Arab Besprizorna osoba; skitnica, uliar, propalitet.
street (with), not in the same Ni prineti (kome/emu), nejednakog kvaliteta.
streetw alker Uliarka, prostitutka. A fte r a three-week trial, the
ju ry accepted his claim that he had n e ver m et the
streetw alker in question...
stretch lop. Period proveden u zatvoru.
string 1. Prevariti, nasamariti, nasankati, zavrnuti.
2.
on a string Napet, kao zategnuta ica.
string out nark. Pod dejstvom narkotika.
stringer Novinar honorarac, spoljni saradnik.
strip off Vidi tear a strip,
strongbox, the GB zat. Samica.
stuff 1. Re koja se iroko upotrebljava umesto mnogih imenica
kojih govornik ne moe da se seti ili da ih identifikuje.
2. nark. Bilo koja droga, roba.
3. bit of stuff Zgodna enska, dobra riba.
4. the hard stuff a) Viski, rakija itd. b) Novae.
5. Vidi hot stuff.
6. Jebati. Isto fuck.
7. Jebanje.
8. go (and) get stuffed Jebi se; nosi se.
stuff and nonsens Potpuna glupost, krajnja besmislica; kojetarija. S tu ff an d nonsense! You're talking rubbish.
stuff, do your Pokai ta zna; daj najbolje od sebe.
stuff to give the troops, the Ba ono to se trai.
stuffed, get GB Nosi se; ko te jebe. Slino fuck you. He can go
and g et stuffed.
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stuffing out of, knock the 1. Ubiti boga u (kome).
2. Iscrpsti (bolest).
3. Preneraziti, okirati. His death k n o c k e d the s tu ffin g o u t o f
her.
stum er 1. Budala.
2. Bilo ta bezvredno.
3. Greka, zbrka. He made a bit o f s tu m e r o f that.
4. com e a stum er Pasti ko protac; propasti finansijski.
stum p up GB Isplatiti, ispljunuti (traeni novae),
stumped 1. Na gubitku; u nevolji.
2. Zbunjen, u konfuziji.
stung Prevaren, nasamaren, nasankan, izigran. Paula g o t s tu n g ,
but recovered real fast.
stunner 1. Fenomenalno dobra riba;
2. Strava/mrak" stvar.
stymied Onemoguen, osujeen, blokiran, doveden u teak
poloaj. We have to figure a way to s ty m ie that guy.
suck 1. Puiti, sisati (seks). Isto eat....none o f m y clients
im pressed me to the point that I s u c k e d their dicks.
2.
it sucks Nita ne valja, grozno, odvratno, trulo". Jim s
taste in m usic s u c k s ...
suck ass Ulizivati se, lizati (kome) dupe,
suck off Puiti (seks).
suck-off Uvlaka, ulizica, dupelizac. Isto brown nose,
suck up to GB Flasterisati se, ulizivati se, laskati. He gets ahead
by s u c k in g up to the mayor.
sucker 1. utokljunac, naivina, sisoje, bezveznjakovi, ovca,
budala, kreten, krele. Slino mark; patsy. I'm a s u c k e r for a
beautiful blonde.
2. Ulizica.
3. Namagariti, nasamariti.
4. Eufem. od cocksucker.
sugar daddy Bogati matorac, sponzor. 7 see N atalies m anaged
to find he rself another s u g a r d a d d y. "
suit Poslovan ovek, biznismen; onaj ko radi od 7 do 3.
sultry estok, vru.
sum m at = something
sun shines out of sbs backside/arsehole/ass, think the Viriti
kome iz dupeta, ponaati se krajnje snishodljivo.
supergrass Cinkaro pod zatitom policije (kome menjaju identitet); korisnik Programa za zatitu svedoka. He carried out
arm ed robberies on post offices around the capital. In March,
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sure as eggs is eggs, as Bez ikakve sumnje, sto posto siguran.
Takode as sure as God made little apples,
swad; sw addy Vojnik.
sw eat box "Sauna, blindirana policijska kola za prevoz
zatvorenika.
sweat-on, get/have a Unervoziti se iekujui neto. Isto
sw eat on the top line,
sw eat o nes guts out Satirati se od posla, skapavati, crniti,
diriniti.
sweeten sb up Podmititi, podmazati. He had to sw e e te n the cops
up even after he had the licence.
swell-head Naduvenko. She acted like a s w e llh e a d a fter she got
the prize.
swelled head, have a Biti naduven, uobraen.
swig Piti, dobro potegnuti, cugnuti.
swing both ways US Biti biseksualac.
swing the lead Zabuavati. Come on Mark, stop s w in g in g the
lead, there's work to do.
sw inger Svinger; osoba koja menja branog ili ljubavnog partnera
sa drugim. M any s w in g e rs even pride them selves on pre
serving their m arriages through these arrangements.
swinging Razmena partnera medu branim parovima radi
seksualnih odnosa.
swipe Ukrasti, gepiti, maznuti.
swish 1. GB Luksuzan, elegantan, u modi. Slino posh; ritzy;
swanky.
2. US Pederast, enskast.
3. t/Senskast peder. Slino queen.
4. Tui.
5. Kazniti.
sw itched-off Nije pomodan, nije uto ku; nekonvencionalan.
Slino o ut o f sync,
switched on 1. GB Moderan, poslednji krik, in. Slino gear. A
large num ber o f women were in short, s w itc h e d -o n dresses.
2. Obaveten, informisan, u toku.
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ta! = Thanks!
tacky US Kierski, diberski, seljaki, jeftin, sladunjav, otrcan,
prost; dreav, upadljiv. Slino icky; ratty. She talked in a
m anner that would be considered a bit fake, if not slightly
tacky.
tadger GB Kita.
ta-ra (ili - ta) = Good-bye.
Taff(y) GB pogrd. Velanin.
tagger I/S Osoba koja ispisuje grafite po zidovima.
tail 1. ena kao seksualni objekat, riba. Isto a bit/piece o f tail.
2. Jebati, povaliti. Isto give tail. So, I ta ile d his wife... So
what?
3. Dupe, zadnjica, guza. Slino ass. He had been after h e r
ta il fo r months, but Judy, being an old-fashioned girl, declined
his advances.
4. Policijska pratnja. Odatle be/get on ones tail Pratiti koga.
The security officer was going to p u t a ta il even on the
children.
tail-end Charlie Trinaesto prase; poslednja osoba u nizu.
take US 1. Pogled, stanovie, taka gledita, ugao posmatranja.
That was a fem inists take on the situation.
2.
T umaenje, interpretacija. W hat is y o u r take on his speech?
take a bath Pretrpeti finansijski gubitak; bankrotirati; biti prevaren.
Slino go to the cleaners; take a beating. So the bank
stands to take a b a th o f one and threequarter million dollars.
take a hike! Gubi se!; brii!; etaj'; pali! Isto get lost,
take a knock Pretrpeti gubitak (obi. finansijski); krahirati.
take a leak Pustiti vodu, pikiti. Isto piss; whiz. You worry you'd
m iss it if you to o k a le a k and went to the refrigerator.
take a pew Sedi, smesti se, raskomoti se.
take a poor view (of) Gledati popreko/ispod oka (na).
take a rain check Uitvo odbiti ponudu (ali podrazumevati da e
ponuda moda kasnije biti prihvaena). The opt-out
negotiated b y John M ajor at M aastricht m ay yet prove one o f
the m ost valuable ra in c h e c k s ever to be secured b y British
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take a rise out o f Zadirkivati, zafrkavati, zavitlavati.

take a running jum p (at oneself), (go and) Idi dodavola, nosi se.
take it easy 1. Pozdrav pri odlasku, do videnja.
2. Samo mirno, opusti se, smiri se, ne uzbuduj se.
take off 1. Otii, krenuti. He had to take o ff early.
2. lop. Ubiti, ucmekati. Slino waste; zap.
3. Ismejavati, imitirati, karikirati.
4. lop. Orobiti, opljakati.
take ones hooks Otii, pokupiti se.
take ones lumps US Pretrpeti nezgodu, nadrljati, nagrabusiti.
Slino take it. The boys were taking their lum ps trying to
stay on wild Brahma bulls.
take ones medicine Prihvatiti kaznu, dobiti svoje. Slino face
the music.
take out Ubiti; unititi. The Brits were ju s t seeking to reassure
themselves that we were not planning to take out a country.
take (sb) to the cleaners Prevariti, izraditi, uraditi, opljakati,
operuati (koga).
take the can back Snositi odgovornost, biti kanjen. Isto carry
the can.
take the mick/m ickey/m ichael GB Ismejavati, zavitlavati, zajebavati, zezati. When I... found him listening to D olly Parton on
his headphones so his flatm ates wouldnt take the mickey, m y
heart was w on!
take the piss (out o f sb) GB Zajebavati (koga) da popizdi. He
failed his test again. That'll take the piss outa him.
take the rap/fall US Prihvatiti krivicu ili biti kanjen za neto (obi.
bez krivice). If she gets caught, I ll take the rap for her.
take the w eight off o nes feet Sesti.
take to the streets Javno demonstrirati, izai na ulice. The anti
w ar sentim ent becam e a serious concern when activists took
to the streets in their hundreds o f thousands.
take too much on (ones) plate Preopteretiti se. Slino bite off
more than one can chew,
talk big Hvaliti se, duvati se; preterivati. Isto shoot off o nes
mouth. He was talking pretty big about how they treated him.
talk bollocks GB Priati gluposti, bulazniti, lupetati, kenjati. Isto
US talk bullshit. Here, everybody knew he was talking
bollocks, but he went to the States and did really well and
came back with these deals signed.
talk through the back o f ones neck Priati budalatine/gluposti/
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talk to the big w hite (tele)phone US Povraati u klozetsku olju;

bacati peglu u (klozetsku) olju. Isto drive the big bus.
talk to Ukoriti, izgrditi. Isto give one a talking to.
talking head Televizijski spiker. Isto hairdo,
tampi nark. Kanabis.
tan sbs hide Isprebijati koga na mrtvo ime; izmlatiti koga.
tank along loi brzo (auto).
tanked; tanked-up GB Pijan, naljoskan, naliven (pogot. od piva).
Ill do the washing-up tom orrow if I don't get too tan ke d -u p
tonight.
tap out Dekintiran, vorc. Isto be cleaned out.
tap sb fo r sth Pozajmiti od koga novae. Slino hit sb; touch.
I ta p p e d m y brother f o r another two hundred.
taped out 1. Iscrpljen, baldisao, spao s nogu, lipsao od umora.
Slino frazzled; pooped.
2. US vorc, dekintiran. Slino broke; tap city. I'm tappedo u t, Mark. Am erican Express got a hitman out looking for me.
tapper 1. Onaj ko postavi prisluni telefonski uredaj (bubu) i
prislukuje,
2. Prosjak, icaro.
tar 1. Mornar.
2. Opijum ili morfijum.
tard US Budala, sluaj, krele. Isto retard.
tar(r)adiddle GB La, izmiljotina.
tart Devojura, kurvica, fufica, promiskuitetna ena. Slino hoker.
tarty Devojka/ena sklona promiskuitetu. Tough but tender
Marlon Brando is a widow er and M aria Schneider is a tarty,
ringlet-headed French girl.
tash Brkovi, broni.
tasty Dobar, privlaan, atraktivan.
tater GB Krompir. Isto tatur; tator; tattie; taty.
tea nark. Marihuana, trava, vutra.
tead-up; tead-up nark. "N aduvan.
teahead nark. Onaj ko non-stop pui marihuanu.
tear a strip off Ukoriti, izgrditi.
tear off a bit Potucati, povaliti, skratiti.
tear-jerker Srceparajui film, pozorini komad, knjiga itd. '
tearaw ay GB Huligan.
tear off a piece Potucati, pocepati, rasturiti. Isto tear one off.
teaser 1. Tvrd orah; teko pitanje, koska; teak problem/zadatak.
2.
Flertua, koketa. Slino prick-teaser; cock-teaser. Maybe
Bella was right in calling his uptown la d y a teased.
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tell o ff GB Izgrditi, odjebati; oitati bukvicu. Slino c h e w s b out.

The man had ju s t been to ld o ff, and told o ff plenty.
tell on Obelodaniti injenice; potkazati/tuiti koga. If I'd known you
were going to te ll o n me Id n e ver have told you m y secret.
tell sb w here to get o ff Poslati koga u pizdu materinu. "If she
m entions m y acne once more I'll te ll h e r w h ere to g e t o ff."
tell tother from which Razlikovati konja od magarca.
tenner, a 1. GB Novanica od deset funti.
2. US Novanica od deset dolara.
that would be telling! Odbijam da kaem!; nije za priu!
thats tough Ba loe, ba bez veze.
theres no such thing as a free lunch Ni kod babe nema za
dabe; nita nema za dabe.
thick 1. Intiman, prisan. Obi. thick as thieves Prisni prijatelji.
The two o f them are very th ic k .
2. Preteran. It's a bit th ic k to expect me to do it.
3. Gluperda, budala.
thick as two short planks Glup ko no/uskija. W hat a th ic k !
was to come!
thin 1. Razoaravajui, uznemirujui.
2. have a thin time Imati neugodan doivljaj ili biti u loem
period u.
think one is King Shit Misli da je mali bog, misli da je uhvatio
boga za muda. Isto think ones shit doesnt stink,
think tank M ozak, grupa eksperata.
think up Izmozgati, izmajstorisati (npr. plan). The prisoners tried
to th in k up a plan fo r escape.
third wheel Levo smetalo.
three sheets in/to the wind Pijan ko zemlja, nakresan, uikan,
naljoskan, betoniran.
throw a fit/hyper Razljutiti se, razbesneti se, udariti kap. Slino
have kittens. She ju s t about th re w a f it when I told h e r we
werent going.
throw a fuck/bop/bof/screw into sb Jebati, tucati, povaliti,
uvaliti mika. Isto fuck. It's inevitable that someone is going to
want to th ro w a b o p into someone elses w ife."
throw a mental US Popizdeti, pobesneti. I totalled the car and
Mom th re w a m e n ta l.
throw a punch Udariti pesnicom u glavu, prikucati, pripaliti
(koga). Bagalot th re w a p u n c h to Skinners face..."
throw lead 1. Pucati iz vatrenog oruja.
2. Pucati iz svih raspoloivih sredstava. It was one o f those
m om ents where you either ja b and th ro w y o u r le a d o r you're
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throw (ones) w eight about Razmetati se, duvati se.
tich 1. oveuljak, kepecilo. Takode tichy Veoma mali.
2. Dete.
tick 1. Trenutak, moment. Please wait two tic k s .
2. Krele, dileja, dijabola.
3. Kredit. "I always buy electrical goods on tic k ."
4. GB thats tick! D ojaja!; mrak!
tick off, to Kazniti, ukoriti.
ticked (off) Iznerviran, ljut. Slino pissed off; teed off.
ticker GB Taksimetar. Isto clock; kettle; hickory; Mary Ann.
ticket, the GB Prava stvar (da se uradi); ono pravo; prava roba.
Thats the tic k e t, m y dear, exactly what we needed.
ticket to ride, have got a Nema pravila; moe da se radi ta se
hoe.
tickle the pickle Drkati, igrati depni bilijar.
tickled pink/to death Prezadovoljan, presrean, oduevljen. I am
tic k le d p in k to have been asked.
tiddler GB 1. Bilo ta veoma malo; detence.
2.
Novi od pola penija.
fiddling Veoma mali.
tiff Mali nesporazum; nesuglasica.
tight 1. Pijan, nakresan. Takode tight as a drum /newt/tick Mrtav
pijan; pijan k'o klada.
2.
US Blizak. Me and Harry been tig h t since we were kids."
tight-arse G6; tight-ass US Seronja, usranko; cepidlaka,
strejta, (moralni) istunac; krtica.
tight spot/corner Teka situacija, nevolja, sos, abar.
tightwad, a krtica, cicija. Will Charlie donate any m oney to the
activities fund? - A bsolutely not! He's a real tig h tw a d !"
tike Klipan, prostaina, seljober, diber.
tile loose, have a Sulud, enuo, iznuo, flipnuo, otkaio.
time, in no Za tren oka.
time-lag Odloiti.
timer, old Iskusna osoba u poslu itd.
tin Lizzie Jeftin stari automobil/kam ion/avion.
tin-pot Nevaan, inferioran. Slino tinhorn,
tinkle, give a GB Telefonirati, zvrcnuti, cimnuti.
tinkler GB Kita.
tip-off GB Mig, tip", nagovetaj, upozorenje, korisna informacija.
tiswas Vidi all of a tiswas.
tit 1. a) Sisa. b) ena, pika. Theres loads o f tits around.
2. Budala, krele.
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tit about/around G SG Iuvariti, gubiti vreme, badavadisati.

tit man Sisoljubac.
titch Vidi tich.
titter GB eir.
tits Sjajan, super, Isto great; neat. W hat a tits car she's got!
tittie Vidi titty,
titty Sisa.
tizz(y) GB Uzrujanost, uzbudenost; zbrkanost. Takode tizwas.
toast U velikoj nevolji, najebao. Obi. yo u re toast.
toasted 1. alk. Pijan, uletvljen, uikan.
2. nark. Nadrogiran, "uraden.
3. Iscrpljen (fiziki ili mentalno).
toast, have sb on Imati koga u akama.
tod, on ones GB Sam.
todger GB Kita.
toe-rag GB Prosjak, skitnica, protuva, olo.
toes, on ones Pripravan, spreman na akciju.
toffee-nosed GB Snobovski.
toing and froing Muvati se. There was a great deal o f
to in g -a n d -fro in g before everybody got settled down.
toke, take a nark. Povui dim (marihuane), dunuti.
tom m y GB Obian engleski vojnik.
tom m y rot GB Krajnja glupost, potpuni besmisao, budalatina,
nebuloza. Slino baloney; bullshit,
ton of bricks, hit like a 1. Sokirati, zapanjiti, preneraziti.
2. (come) down on (sb) like a ton o f bricks Kazniti, ukoriti
koga; obruiti se na (koga). He soon spotted m y mistake, and
was d o w n o n i t lik e a to n o f b ric k s .
tonk GB 1. Udariti, mlatnuti, odalamiti.
2. Jebati, tucati, zveketati.
3. Peder; enskast mukarac.
toot GB Novae, lova, kinta.
tootle o ff Otii.
tootsie GB Devojka, devojurak.
top 1. Vidi over the top.
2. Obesiti. "Head o f the Gestapo, Heinrich Himmler, saved us
the bo ther and to p p e d him self in 1945."
3. Ubiti (se). Slino bump off; hit. "He took a full bottle o f
pain-killers and to p p e d him self."
4. from the top Od poetka.
5. be on the top line eljno iekivati.
6. sw eat on the top line. Unervoziti se iekujui neto. Isto
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top dog Glavni baja, voa, ef. W e'll se who the top dog is in
New York.
top draw er 1. Krajnje vaan, strogo poverljiv (vojni plan ili tajna).
2. out o f the top-drawer (uglavnom u negativnom smisiu)
Pripadnik vise klase, buruj.
top gan voj. Vrhunski pilot.
top-notch Izvrstan, superioran, vrhunskog kvaliteta. Shes a
top-notch racquetball player.
top story Glava. H e's n ot quite right in the top story.
topping GB Prvorazredan, kolosalan, silan. That was a really fine
perform ance... really topping, really first rate.
tosh GB Glupost, kojetarija, besmislica, nebuloza. He gave me
some sort o f explanation, but it was basically a load o f old
tosh.
toss 1. GB Neto beskorisno, bezvredno.
2. I/STraiti, pretraiti. Slino shake down. The cops
regularly toss anybody they stop on the street.
toss off 1. Drkati.
2. Biti uobraen/pretenciozan/dosadan, imati ego-trip
simptome.
total US Potpuno unititi, rasturiti (obi. auto). 7 was so out o f
control I totaled the car, crashed it som ehow into the side o f
the road.
touch o f the tar-brush, have a pogrd. Biti afrikog/indijskog
porekla, biti tamnoput.
tough bounce/buns Zla srea, smola, peh, maler, baksuzluk.
tough guy estok momak/tip.
tough shit/nibs/noogies/rocks/tiddy/titty iron. B ateta. Well,
m y friend, that's ju s t tough s h it about yo u r lost plane ticket.
toughie ili toughy 1. Teka osoba, teak tip. That servant will talk
he r out o f it. She's a toughie.
2. Neto teko; tea kte st; teko pitanje. Is freedom chaos?
Hmmm... That's a toughie.
tout GB lop. Cinkaro, dounik, taster, drukara.
town pum p/bike Kurva, fuksa. Isto tramp; punchboard.
tracks 1. Vidi make tracks.
2. in ones tracks Na mestu; u koloteini. The discovery
stopped them in their tracks.
3. nark. Oiljci od igle, tepovi. Takode trackmarks.
train spots nark. GB Take uboda du zapaljenih vena kod
intravenskih narkomana. Isto tramlines,
trainspotter GB 1. Zaludenik (obi. za ne mnogo smislene
stvari). If you want to watch a D J in action, y o u re either a
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2. muz. Ljubitelj (tehno) muzike koji enciklopedijski prati sva

izdanja pravca koji slua (verzije, remikse itd).
trainspotterish Besmislen. I suppose that some readers will find
this sort o f tra in s p o tte ris h detail about rocks lineage alm ost
as boring as I find ja zz buffery.
trainspotting Brojanje ina, gubljenje vremena, gluvarenje,
besposlienje.
tramlines nark. GB Take uboda du zapaljenih vena kod
intravenskih narkomana. Isto train spots,
tram p Kurva, fuksa. Isto town pump; punchboard.
trashing Razbijanje, premladvanje. A fte r England's 5-1
th ra s h in g , new spaper Bilds headline is indicative o f the
country's m isery: This was a deeply sad day fo r German
football."
trick US Prostituisati se, prodavati se. Obi. turn a trick.
W henever she runs out o f dope she goes out tric k in g .
tricky 1. Sumnjiv, lukav, nepouzdan.
2. Zamren, zapetljan. "This problem is tric k y . I don't really
understand it."
trip US Lagati, obmanjivati. Are you trip p in g me about that?
trip (out) nark. Tripovati, biti na LSD-u. Odatle tripped-out Pod
dejstvom LSD-a.
tripe 1. Bilo ta bezvredno, triarija; loa roba, dubre, kart.
Slino crap; junk. W hat the hell do they have to give us that
trip e for?
2. Glupost, preterivanje. Slino bullshit. Stop peddling that
tripe .
trog; trogg GB Moron, krele; starom odna osoba.
Trojan US Kondom, kurton.
trollop 1. Bludnica, drolja, prostitutka.
2. Neuredna ena.
trom nark. Marihuana, trava.
trot 1. Ii.
2.
on the trot U kretanju/pokretu, u poslu. I've been on the
tr o t all day at work.
trotters hum. Noge.
trouble-shooter US Posrednik (vrlo grub) u politikim ili poslovnim pregovorima.
trough GB Jesti (prodrljivo), odirati se.
trout, old Stara kajla; matorka.
trowel, with a Preko mere, preterano. Obi. lay it on with a
trowel Laskati bez mere, podilaziti.
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tub Debeljko.
tubes, w ork the GB lop. Depariti u autobusu ili u metrou.
tucked up GB 1. Iza reetaka. Adjusting back to norm al society
is not easy when yo u ve been tucked up for a b it."
2. Prevaren, nasamaren, nasankan.
tuckered (out) US Iscrpljen, baldisao, spao s nogu, lipsao od
umora.
tum ble (to) Ukapirati, ukopati, shvatiti. I tum bled to what she
w as really up to.
turd 1. Govance, govno.
2. Govnar. Slino prick; shit. D on't be such a goddam n turd!
turf, on the Prostituisati se, kurvati se, (biti) na ulici.
turkey 1. Fijasko. Stars generally attract an audience no m atter
what picture they are in (unless it s a turkey).
2. Budala.
3. nark. Apstinencijalna kriza. Vidi cold turkey,
turn it in/up! 1. Prestani!
2. Umukni!
turn off Politi hladnom vodom; izbedaiti. She w as turned o ff by
his stinginess.
turn on Napaljen; naloen; ushien.
turn on the heat Dati gas; poveati napor/aktivnost. Slino come
on strong,
turn (sb) in Prijaviti, otkucati (policiji).
turn sb off O neraspoloiti/izbedaiti koga. It seem s like
everybody turns you off.
turn (sb) over GB Prevariti, nasamariti; izruiti, prijaviti (policiji).
I ne ver thought m y best m ate would turn me over.
tush; tushie US Dupe, zadnjica, guza.
twat; tw ot GB 1. Pika. Isto cunt. This young thing with the
swinging h a ir and partially revealed twat.
2. Budala, moron, krele.
twerp; twirp Bezveznjak, krele, budala. Slino cunt; pratt; jerk;
nerd.
twig GB Razumeti, ukapirati, skontati.
tw ist 1. Prevariti, izigrati, uraditi (koga). D o nt imagine that all
the boys in the trade are out to tw ist you.
2. US Zgodna enska; dobra riba,
tw ist sbs arm Ubediti (obi. s mukom); pritisnuti koga (i aljivo);
prirafiti. *You grab this opportunity to tw ist m y arm. *Have
another drink? - Well, if you tw ist m y arm perhaps I could
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tw ister 1. GB Prevarant; spletkar. I think he's an absolute

twister, but h e s n e ver really harm ed anybody.
2.
Perverznjak.
tw it GB Budala, krele.
two-faced Dvolian, licemeran. "I thought he was m y friend, but
he's two-faced. He says nice things to me when we're
together, but m akes jo k e s about me when we aren't.
two i/c Zamenik.
two-tim e Prevariti (obino sa drugom enom/mukarcem).
tw o-tim er Varalica, prevarant.
tw openny damn, not care (or give) a Biti ba briga, boleti uvo.
tycoon Poslovni ili finansijski magnat; novi bogata. The
go-between in the release o f M s Carr and M r Jam es was Boris
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umbrella 66 Kita.
uncle; Uncle Dick 1. GB Bolestan. You look a bit unde to m e .
2. US (Pripadnici) FBI. He belongs to Unde, n o w , said the
police captain to m y wife as they left the house.
Uncle Bill; Uncle Bob GB Policija, murija.
Uncle Mac GB nark. Heroin.
Uncle Sam Sjedinjene Am erike Drave; amerika vlada.
under Seksualni odnos. Obi. a bit o f under,
under-dog Gubitnik, luzer. A fte r years as an underdog I was
going to be overdog.
under the influence Pijan, pod gasom.
under the umbrella of Pod ijom zatitom, pod ijim patronatom.
unearth Otkriti, pronai, iskopati. ...police unearthed an arsenal
o f 35 guns...
unflappable GB Miran/pribran u svakoj situaciji.
unstuck, com e Zapasti u neprilike, propasti, stradati. His plans
came unstuck.
up nark. Drogiran, stondiran.
up against it U ozbiljnoj nevolji, nagrabusio, nadrljao. When they
saw the gap they knew they were really up against it.
up and dow ner estoka svada, rasprava. I happened to hear
them in a proper up-and-downer.
up fo r grabs Lako dostupan. *Land in the new colonies was up
fo r grabs and could be claim ed b y whoever got there first.
*Last week our florist died suddenly, and now his business is
up fo r grabs.
up fo r it GB Spreman ko zapeta puka. If you thought Ibiza was
sim ply a place where battalions o fu p -fo r-it clubbers go every
sum m er to get out o f it, think again.
up shit creek U sranju/sosu, u nevolji. I'm really up the creek.
Could I borrow 50 bucks?
up the duff/spout GB U drugom stanju, zaglavila, napumpana,
zakevila.
up the poke/pole/stick 1. U drugom stanju, napumpana,
zakevila, zaglavila.
2. Lud.
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up to much, not Nezadovoljavajui, nije bog zna ta, nije sjajan.
up to no good Spremati neko nedelo; ioi u tetu.
up you(rs)! Jebi se!; ko te jebe! (Skra. od up your arse.) Up
y o u rs , sister, he thought tardily as the barbs quivered ho m e."
upper nark. Droga koja die raspoloenje. Suprotno downer,
upper and a downer, an Isto to i up and downer,
upstate US zat. U zatvoru. She got m arried while I was u p sta te
doing time.
uptake, slow (etc.) on the Slabo kapira, sporo shvata, ima kasno
paljenje, kasno pali.
use one's loaf Munuti glavom, upotrebiti mozak.
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VIP (Very Im portant Person). Isto US veep. Slino big shot,
vag Protuva, skitnica.
vamoose; vam ose US Odmagliti, strugnuti, pobei, otii, zapaliti". Slino lam; scram; split. O K I think it's time we
vamoosed.
varsity = University
veep US Potpredsednik.
velcro pogrd. Lezbejka, lezbaa.
velcro-head pogrd. Crnac, amuga, ama.
velvet US Laka lova; dobit na kocki; novae uopte.
ventilate lop. Upucati, ukokati, izreetati.
ventilate sb s shorts US Istresti koga iz gaa; ispreskakati,
estoko izgrditi koga.
verboten Zabranjen. Talking to his girlfriend is absolutely
verboten.
very devil, like the Vrlo brzo/energino.
vie US lop. 1. Osudenik, kanjenik.
2. rtva, "ovca.
3. scope a vie Snim iti rtvu (s namerom da se opljaka).
vidaholic Televizijski adikt, TV manijak.
vitamin A nark. LSD ili ekstazi.
vitamin C nark Kokain.
vitamin E nark Ekstazi, eks.
vitamin T nark Marihuana,
vitamin X nark Ekstazi, eks.
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w ack US udak, ekscentrik, lujka. Isto whack,

w ack off Drkati.
wacko; wacky; w hacky US udan, ekscentrian. Slino nutty;
weird. Let's face it, Lady Sylvia is so w a c k y there are no
boundaries o f taste.
w addy Neprivlaan, neatraktivan.
waggon, on the 1. Bivi alkoholiar.
2. fall o ff the waggon Ponovo se propio.
w aldo US Budala, krelac, krele.
w alk (it) Lako pobediti, pregaziti.
w alk tail Biti ponosan, ioi uzdignute glave.
walk(ing)-on p a rtS p o re d n a uloga (u pozorinom komadu).
wall 1. go/crawl up the wall Razbesneti se.
2. up against the wall U ozbiljnoj nevolji, u sosu.
3. drive/send up the wall Izludeti.
walloping Nezgrapan, veliki.
wamba; w om ba GB Novae, lova, kinta.
w ang(er) Kita. Isto cock; prick,
w ank (off) GB Drkati.
w anker 1. Osoba koja masturbira, onanista.
2. Drkadija, pederina, smrad, gad, dripac, dileja.
washed up ili all washed up Izandao. Isto finished,
w ashout GB Neuspeh, fijasko. Slino flop. I'm afraid ou r big
birthday bash was a w a sho ut.
w aste (sb) US 1. Teko poraziti. Slino clobber.
2. Unititi, urnisati. Slino trash.
3. lop. Ubiti, ucmekati, likvidirati. Slino blow sb away; take
sb/sth out. They w a s te d B arrett because he blew their deal.
wasted 1. Iscrpljen, baldisao, spao s nogu, lipsao od umora.
2. alk. Pijan, uikan.
3. nark. Ustondiran, uraden, 'razbijen. Slino strung out.
Everybody was getting kind o f high on acid, w asted, in fact.
4. US vorc, dekintiran, bez kinte. Slino broke.
5. lop. Uniten, likvidiran.
watch the dicky bird Ptiica! (Kae se prilikom fotografisanja.)
w ater bewitched GB Vrlo slab aj ili slabo alkoholno pie;
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w aterw orks, turn on the Liti/roniti suze.

wax, in a Ljutit, besan.
w ay-out Neobian, nekonvencionalan, avangardan.
weather-eye open, keep a Paziti, vrebati, biti na oprezu, otvoriti
etvore oi.
w eaving, get Poeti, zapoeti, pouriti. Come on, we m ust get
w eaving!
wedding kit/tackle GB Muke genitalije.
w edge GB 1. Novae, bogatstvo. I've come into a bit o f wedge.
2. Mlatnuti, odalamiti, klepiti, zveknuti.
weed; the weed 1. nark. Marihuana, trava, vutra; kanabis. I was
sm oking weed every day before I went to court.
2. Duvan, jeftina cigareta, krda. Throw that weed aw ay and
have a good one.
3. GB Slabi, mlakonja.
4. at the weed Krade; u kradi. He's been a t the weed again.
w eedhead US nark. Onaj ko stalno duva (marihuanu). Slino
pothead; acidhead.
w eedy GB Slab.
w eight about/around, throw ones Praviti se vaan, razmetati
se, puvakati se, duvati.
weird 1. Sjajan, super; strava, m rak. Isto cool.
2. udan.
weirdo; weirdie; w eirdy udak, ekscentrik, uvrnuttip, pacijent.
Slino bird; creep; geek,
well-hung GB Ima velika muda, mudonja. Isto hung,
well-oiled Pijan, naliven, pod gasom. He happened to be welloiled, as w as usually the case.
w et GB Slabi, mokljan, onja. Oh Nigel, y o u re such a w et!
w etback US pogrd. Meksikanac.
w et and sticky, the Tekoe. Obi. drop one in the w et and
sticky Uvaliti koga u nevolju/sos.
w et behind the ears Zelen, neiskusan, nezreo, naivan.
w et blanket Mokro ebe; partibrejker; osoba koja kvari
raspoloenje/minira ur. Slino US buzz-crusher.
w et w eek(end) GB 1. Depresivac.
2. look like a w et w eek Izgledati, oseati se jadno/sumorno.
w hack 1. Udariti, mlatnuti, odalamiti, tresnuti.
2. Sei. He whacked o ff a big slice form e.
3. US lop. Ubiti, ukokati, ucmekati. You think the royal fam ily
had Diana whacked?
4. US Pokuaj, ansa. Slino bash; crack; shot. He was
given a whack at drama reviewing."
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whacked (out) 1. GB Iscrpljen, baldisao, spao s nogu, lipsao od

umora.
2. US Lud, aav, uvrnut.
whacking Golem, silan, ogroman.
whack(o); w ack(o) Ekscentrina osoba, lujka. Isto nut;
screwball, weirdo,
w hack off Drkati. Isto jerk off.
w hacky baccy nark. Marihuana, trava, vutra.
wham -bam Bum-tras; na brzaka. He was a king o f a wham-bam
action.
wham -bam -thank-you-m aam GB Bum, tras, i gotovo; uo,
zao, hvala ti snao; seks na brzaka. I w as hoping for
som ething interesting o r exciting, but it was ju s t wham-bamthank-you-m a am.
whammers; wam m ers GB Sise, sifoni, baloni.
w hang(er) US Kita, kara.
w hank (off) Drkati. Isto jerk off.
w hat gives? ta ima?; ta se dogada? Slino w hats up? W hat
gives? I asked her.
what's cooking? ta se deava?
w hats the score? O emu to govori?
when the shit hits the fan Kad pukne bruka; kad nastane sranje.
"You're in big trouble when the sh it hits the fan."
wheel man Voza.
w hiff 1. nark. Snifati (kokain). Slino snort; toot.
2. nark. Kokain, koka, belo. Isto snow. Hey, man, know where
I can score some whiff?
3. G S V onjati, zaudarati, kandisati.
w hiffy GB Smrdljiv. It's a bit w hiffy in here, isn't it?
w hile the goings good Dok su prilike povoljne.
w hip GB Ukrasti, maznuti, gepiti, zdipiti. "I had m y wallet whipped
last night."
w hisper Tra, glasina, govorkanje.
w histle-blow er lop. Potkaziva, dounik, drukara, cinkaro, taster.
w histle on Svima rei, rastrubiti.
w histler Potkaziva, dounik, drukara, cinkaro.
w hite bread US Konvencionalan; burujski. Slino plastic;
square. Some o f the sequences are M iddle American. Evans
calls them white bread.
w hite-collar 1. Zaposlen kao inovnik ili slubenik. The whiteco llar workers don't strike very often.
2. Izvren od strane slubenika ili inovnika neke firme. But
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w hite hat US Pozitivac (obi. u politikom skandalu). Suprotno

black hat.
w hite-knuckle Uasan; napet; straan. I tell you it was a w h ite k n u c k le experience."
white m eat pogrd. Belo meso; belkinja dobra za seks.
w hitener nark. GB Kokain, belo.
w hite space Slobodno vreme. 7 think I have some w h ite sp a ce
towards the end o f the week."
white trash Beli olo; propalitet.
whitewash Lairati; falsifikovati; prikriti. Several Republican
senators reported that the report was a w h ite w a s h o f
M cCarthy's charges.
w hole caboose/caboodle, the Sve (duture).
w hole shebang, the Sve, cela stvar. Slino the w hole schmear.
We could move the w h o le s h e b a n g .
whole shooting-m atch, the Sve (duture), cela stvar. Slino the
w hole schmear.
w hop 1. Izbatinati, izlemati. Slino whack.
2. Pobediti, potui, poraziti.
w hopper GB 1. Veliki, glomazan, nezgrapan predmet; grdosija.
D id you catch that fish? W hat a w h op per*.
2. G ruba la. He told a w h o p p e r and got aw ay with it.
w hore Kurva.
w ick GB 1. Kita.
2. dip ones w ick Jebati, "um oiti.
3. get on ones w ick Ii na nerve/jetru/kurac.
wicked 1. US Impresivan, sjajan, super, izuzetan, izvanredan,
ja k , opasan. Slino bad; great. That's w ic k e d stuff, m an!
2. Veoma, mnogo. "I got w ic k e d drunk last nigh t."
wide, to the Potpuno, sasvim, krajnje.
wierdo; w ierdy udak, ekscentrina osoba.
w iggy US Lud, ekscentrian, uvrnut.
wig out 1. Otkaiti, fiipnuti, iznuti. Slino flip; freak out; wig; go
balistic. The first time I read The Collected Stories I w ig g e d
out.
2.
Poremetiti, izgubiti pamet.
w ild -c a tl. Lakomislen.
2.
w ild-cat strike Neoficijelni trajk.
w ilf GB Budala, krele.
w illie GB Kita. Isto willy.
willies, it gives me the Podilaze me marci od toga; uhvati me
strah/nervoza od toga. Flying g iv e s me the w illie s.
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wim p Slabi, mokljan, mekuac; Ijiga. Slino drip; nebbish.

Its official, George Bush is a w im p . He adm itted it him self
last week - to D avid Frost, o f all the people. We Bushes cry
easily,' he told the veteran broadcaster.
w indbag Brbljivac, razmetljivac, duvadija.
wind up (sb), put the GB Prestraiti, prestraviti.
wind sb up GB Provocirati, zavitlavati koga. It took me a few
m inutes to realize that she was w in d in g me u p .
w indow -dressing Friziranje, udeavanje podataka.
w indy GB Kukaviki, nervozan, uplaen. / could see he was
getting w in d y, so I tried to reassure him.
wing it A.US Improvizovati. Slino fake it.
2. Otii, odleprati, odmagliti.
winkie; w inky 1. GB Kita.
2. US Dupe, zadnjica. Slino ass. H ad Kaufman discovered a
bum p on his w in kie , he probably would have shared that with
us too.
w ipe lop. Ubistvo. I don't know a goddam thing about this
goddam Covino w ipe.
w ipe (a persons) eye for (sth) Opljakati, opeljeiti, orobiti.
w ipe out lop. Ubiti, ucmekati, ukokati.
wiped out 1. Iscrpljen, baldisao, spao s nogu, lipsao od
umora. A t the end o f that hearing she felt w ip e d out.
2. US Drogiran; pijan. Everybody had been too w ip e d o u t to
watch.
3. be wiped out Bankrotirati. Slino get it in the neck; shoot
sb down.
w ipe the hell out o f (sb) Potui do nogu.
w ipe up Ukrasti, marnuti, apiti, lapiti, gepiti, dii.
wired 1. nark. Stondiran, drogiran. That night Elvis was w ire d for
speed.
2. Nervozan, uznemiren.
3. Dobro pozicioniran, pogot. u politikim i finansijskim krugovima. Isto in the loop. Bob Gray was w ire d . There w asnt a
political celebrity there who wouldn't return his phone calls."
4. Osiguran, izvestan, potpuno pod kontrolom. Isto wired up,
racked, taped. This deal has already been, er, w ired.
wires crossed, get/have got o nes Krivo spojiti; ne razumeti
se; pobrkati lonie.
wiseass US Pametnjakovi.
w iseguy 1. Pametnjakovi, mudroser. Slino sm art-ass.
2. US lop. Gangster, mafija, mafioza. Isto goodfella. The
final scene o f Pastores w is e g u y weeping in the jo h n is a
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wise-up US Postati obaveteniji, ukapirati. Isto get smart,

with ones hand behind o nes back, do Uraditi kao od sale.
Slino do with ones eyes closed,
wobbly, to throw a GB Pobesneti, popizdeti, razljutiti se. Slino
US throw a fit.
w oe betide Bie nevolja.
wog GB pogrd. Arapin; svaki tam noputi stranac (sire' uzev, svaki
stranac.) Salman (Rushdie) was sent to Rugby and then
Cambridge. A t Rugby, he was unhappy, people wrote Go
home w o g s 'on the wall."
w om ble GB Nesposobnjakovi, gubitnik.
w onky GB Klimav.
wood in (the hole), put the Zatvoriti vrata.
wooden nickels, dont take any US Pazi da te ne prevare; pazi
da te ne prevedu ednog preko vode.
wooden spoon, get the Osvojiti drvenu medalju, biti poslednji.
wool on, keep ones Ostati miran/pribran/staloen.
w op US pogrd. Italijanski ili junoevropski use lje niku SAD; abar.
Slino dago,
word go, the Poetak, start.
w ork ones ass/buns/butt/tail off Oguliti bulju od rada. Isto bust
o nes ass. *1 w o rk e d m y sw eet a ss o ff trying to convince her.
*The dead acoustics o f the room force the quartets ensemble
students to w o rk th e ir ta ils off.
w ork behind the stick Raditi kao (patrolni) policajac.
w ork ones finger/trousers to the bone Crniti, skapavati.
working boots izme kanadanke . '
working girl Prostitutka, uliarka.
works US nark. P rib orza ubrizgavanje (pric, igla, kaiica, ep
itd). Isto fit. I went into the bathroom to get m y w o rks.
Needle, dropper, and a piece o f cotton."
w orks, give sb the 1. Izgrditi, oitati bukvicu.
2.
lop. Ubiti koga.
w rap nark. Paketi (heroina). Rachel would often buy a 10
w rap, which was enough for h e r and h e r boyfriend."
w reck 1. Krntija, krina. Isto heap; jalopy.
2.
Ruina od oveka; propalitet. Terry is a sunken w re c k who
suffers the guilt o f the survivor but his wife eventually turns on
him and accusses him o f lack o f fight.
wrecked US alk., nark. Pijan; drogiran, "uraden.
w rinkle Nagovetaj, mig, dobarsavet; (nova) ideja, caka. esto
give one a fe w wrinkles Dati korisnu informaciju. She tried a
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w rongo Negativac.
wrong bn Lo tip, negativac.
w roughty Isto to i rorty.
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yackers GB Novae.
yak; yack Blebetanje, brbljanje. How much longer are you going
to be y a k k in g into that damn phone? W ere late.
yakety-yak Bla-bla; lupetanje, blebetanje, vanjkanje.
yang US Kita. Isto jang; wang.
yank; yankee G S A m er, Jenki.
yank (off) Drkati. "He looks like he's been up all night y a n k in g ."
yank/jerk (sb around/sbs chain) US Varati, zavoditi na krivi put.
yank sb s crank/weenie/zucchini US Izrugivati se; zavoditi na
krivi put; vui za nos; nervirati.
yap Brbljati, laparati, torokati. Siino jam m er,
yard (on) US Varati, biti neveran, arati, "vrljati. Slino cheat.
She told him she didnt like to y a rd on h e r man.
yatter; y a ttero n Brbljati, traariti. Slino yak; yammer,
year US Dolar, zelemba.
yellow 1. Kukaviki, uplaen. Slino chicken. D on't get into this
race if you're y e llo w .
2. Kukavica.
yellow -belly Kukavica; mekuac. H es a contemptible y e llo w b e lly , scared o f his own shadow.
yen Snana elja, udnja, strast, enja. He has a ye n to be
alone in the boat.
yen shee nark. Opijum.
yeti GB Primitivac; moron,
yeyo nark. Kokain, roba.
Yid pogrd. Jea, Jevrejin. Videti kike.
yob(bo) GB Uliar, huligan; frajer, klipan. The Singhs are being
threatened b y a gang o f racist yo b s.
yonks GB itava venost, dugo vremena. God, I havent seen her
fo r y o n ks.
you bet! Nego ta!
youve got a hope! Nema anse!; moe samo da sanja o
tome!
yucky Grozno, uasno, neukusno, neprijatno. "Don't eat the soup
at the cafeteria. It's y u c k y !"

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zap 1. Ubiti.
2. Udariti.
3. Unititi, nadvladati, potui, poraziti. Slino clobber; waste.
4. ra. Unititi itav kompjuterski program,
zapper Daljinski upravlja, daljinac.
zero-out US 1. Bankrotirati, biti dekintiran. But, dad, I'm totally
z e ro e d o u t
2. Dostii najnii nivo.
zig-zig US Tucanje, rke-koke. Isto jig-jig; fuck,
zilch US 1. Ama ba nita, nula. Slino zip (city). "How much
m oney do you have?" - "Z ilch . I'm broke until payday."
2. Nula od oveka, nitarija.
zing Snaga, energinost, vitalnost, seksepil. Slino oomph; pep;
pizzazz; zip. I'll soon get that paleness o ff yo u r faces and put
some z in g into those limbs.
zip US 1. Ama ba nita. Slino zilch; zip city.
2. Moron, krele, dileja, dijabola. Where is that z ip with m y c o f
fee? W hat do I pa y him for, anyway?
3. Vitalnost, energija.
zip it! Umukni!; zavei' Isto zip ones lip!; shut up!
zip ones lip 1. Tajiti, drati usta zatvorena. "W hat I told you is
really important, so zip y o u r lip ! "
2. Umuknuti. She ordered me to z ip m y Up
zippo Nita.
zizz GB Spavati; dremati. Obi. have/take a zizz.
zod US Budala, krele, dileja. Slino creep; nerd,
zombie Zombi, apatina osoba.
zone out Otkaiti, flipnuti; "odlutati. I didnt really notice -1 guess
I m ust have z o n e d o u t
zonked (out) 1. Iscrpljen, baldisao, smoren. "Any chance we can
rest? I cant go any further, I'm totally z o n k e d ."
2. a lk , nark. Pijan, drogiran, razbijen , uraden.
3. Otkaio, flipnuo. Brian would come, com pletely out o f his
head, and z o n k o u t on the floor with his gu itar over him.
zoob; zoobrick; zubrick Kita.
zot; zotz Nis'ta; nula. Isto zilch; zip.

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1994, 1995, 2002)
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Englesko-srpski renik Svetozar Kolievi, Ivana uri Paunovi
(1999)
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(1982)
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Renik argona Dragosiav Andri (1976)
Sinonim i i srodne rei srpskohrvatskog jezika Miodrag Lalevi
(1974)
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,
Renik anglo-am erikog slenga : preko
5000 izraza = A Dictionary of
Anglo-Am erican Slang : over 5000 entries /
Borivoj Gerzi. - 5. izd., preraeno i
dopunjeno izd. = 5th ed., revised and
enlarged. - Beograd : Istar, 2002
(Beograd : Publikum). - 256 str. ; 21 cm
Tira 2000. - Str. 6-7: Bekstvo od
suvoparnosti - Renik anglo-am erikog slenga
/ Ksenija Jankovi. - Beleka o autoru: str.
255. - Bibliografija: str. 253-254.
ISBN 86-902311-5-3
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