dray horse in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for dray horse in the English»Italian Dictionary

Translations for dray horse in the English»Italian Dictionary

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dray [Brit dreɪ, Am dreɪ] N HISTORY

I.horse [Brit hɔːs, Am hɔrs] N

II.horse [Brit hɔːs, Am hɔrs] VB trans

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III.horse [Brit hɔːs, Am hɔrs] VB intr

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IV.horse [Brit hɔːs, Am hɔrs]

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I could eat a horse
ho una fame da lupi
to back the wrong horse
puntare sul cavallo perdente
to eat like a horse
mangiare come un lupo or per quattro
to flog a dead horse Brit inf , to beat a dead horse Am inf
pestare l'acqua nel mortaio
(straight) from the horse's mouth information:
di prima mano
to get on one's high horse
darsi delle arie or alzare la cresta
hold your horses! inf
calma!
it's horses for courses
= persone diverse sono adatte a situazioni o compiti diversi
you can take or lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink prov
non si può fare bere un asino per forza
that's a horse of a different colour
è un altro paio di maniche
to work like a horse
lavorare come un mulo
wild horses wouldn't drag it out of me
non te lo dico neanche morto
wild horses wouldn't drag me there!
non ci andrei per tutto l'oro del mondo!

dray horse in the PONS Dictionary

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It's a pony that's also a racehorse, a shire horse, a dray horse, a show jumper and an easy rosette-winner in the dressage competition.
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His father died when he was 13, so he had to leave school to work, first as a bell boy, then he drove a dray horse.
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The dray horse charged between the tramcar and the tramcar horses and the tramcar was thrown off the line.
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Over time, the dray horse was replaced by the delivery truck.
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