stalking horse u rečniku PONS

Prevodi za stalking horse u rečniku engleski»srpski

'stalk·ing horse N

1. stalking horse hunt:

stalking horse

konj iza koga se lovac skriva

2. stalking horse (pretext):

stalking horse

izgovor m

3. stalking horse POL:

stalking horse

trojanski konj m fig

stalking horse

mamac m

Prevodi za stalking horse u rečniku engleski»srpski

stalk¹ [stɔːk] N

stalk

stabljika f

I.stalk² [stɔːk] VB trans

1. stalk (hunt):

stalk

vrebati imperf

stalk

prikrasti se // prikradati se

to go stalking

ići u lov

2. stalk (harass):

to stalk sb

proganjati nekoga

to stalk sb

uznemiravati

II.stalk² [stɔːk] VB intr

1. stalk (walk haughtily or angrily):

stalk

hodati nabusito ili ljutito

2. stalk (be menacing):

stalk criminal, disease

harati

III.stalk² [stɔːk] N

1. stalk (pursuit):

stalk

proganjanje nt

stalk

vrebanje nt

2. stalk (gait):

stalk

ljutito koračanje nt

horse [hɔːs] N

horse

konj m

horse and carriage

konj i kočije

drive a coach and horses through sth Am

rasturiti

drive a coach and horses through sth Am

razotkriti npr. klimav alibi, laži političara

drive a coach and horses through sth Brit

pogaziti obećanje, zakon

to eat like a horse

jesti kao ala

don't put the cart before the horse

ne trči kao ždrebe ispred rude

Phrases:

never look a gift horse in the mouth prov

poklonjenom konju se u zube ne gleda

to hear sth [straight] from the horse's mouth

čuti nešto iz prve ruke

you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink prov

nikome se ne može pomoći ukoliko to i sâm ne želi

to be a dark horse Brit

skriveni favorit

to be a dark horse Brit

ličnost obavijena velom tajne

to flog a dead horse

raditi Sizifov posao

to get off one's high horse

spustiti se na zemlju

to back the wrong horse

igrati na pogrešnu kartu

to hold one's horses

usporiti

hey! hold your horses! not so fast!

hej! lakše malo! ne tako brzo!

Jednojezični primeri (nisu ih verifikovali PONS urednici)

engleski

The stalking horse of low alcohol is increasingly being exposed as just that.

insidescoopsf.sfgate.com

It will be interesting to see if it is a stalking horse for the rest of the industry or simply out there on its own.

www.thestar.com

None of the presumed front-runners has emerged as a stalking horse for one or other of the two factions.

www.thestar.com

Very often, like many talking points, the headline conflict is really a stalking horse that conceals the true source of conflict.

www.cio.com

The stalking horse pretends to be interested in a concept themselves, but in reality they are testing an idea for another.

en.wikipedia.org

In business, the strategy is sometimes called a stalking horse bid, but the same principles apply.

www.cbc.ca

But there was resistance to the move and initial suspicion that her candidacy was just a stalking horse for keeping his options open.

en.wikipedia.org

In some cases it has replaced the idiom stalking horse.

en.wikipedia.org

The stalking horse appears to be acting for and as themselves, but there are others in the shadows.

en.wikipedia.org

The stalking horse candidate has some advantage for making the opening bid.

www.cleveland.com