sea horse in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for sea horse in the English»Italian Dictionary

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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!

1. sea:

sea
mare m
beside or by the sea
vicino al mare
the open sea
il mare aperto
to look out to sea
guardare il mare
to be swept out to sea
essere trascinato al largo
to be at sea
essere in mare
once we get out to sea
una volta che saremo in mare
once out to sea
una volta (che saremo) in mare aperto
to put (out) to sea
prendere il largo
to go to sea boat:
salpare
a long way out to sea
molto lontano dalla costa
by sea travel, send
per mare
to travel over land and sea liter
viaggiare per mare e per terra
to bury sb at sea
seppellire qn in mare
to bury sb at sea before n breeze, mist
marino
to bury sb at sea bird, air
di mare
to bury sb at sea crossing
del mare
to bury sb at sea voyage
per mare
to bury sb at sea battle
navale
to bury sb at sea creature, nymph
del mare, marino
to bury sb at sea power
marittimo

sea horse in the PONS Dictionary

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The modest, classic design features flying seagulls against pale blue backgrounds, sea horse handles and shaded patterns of scales around the edges.
en.wikipedia.org
Exploring the reef with snorkels, we saw hundreds of colourful fish and a sea horse, sitting on the sand.
www.afr.com
Sea horse, octopus, delta fish and other beings flew high, even as spiderman and vultures obeyed wind directions.
www.deccanherald.com
Ironically, one thing that wasn't on the menu was sea horse.
www.vancouversun.com
Three unique instruments were created based on a sea horse, jelly fish and star fish.
www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au
In sea horse, zygotes are retained in the male's ventral marsupium.
en.wikipedia.org
I spent an hour snorkelling in these waters, hoping to see a sea horse, my favourite marine animal, but they are rare.
www.dailymail.co.uk
A stream of skaters, head-to-toe in blue pull aqua floaty flags resembling waves in sequence, others carry an incredible giant sea horse.
www.birminghammail.co.uk
But hours later, no sign of a sea horse.
www.al.com
The waterfront property has infrastructure in place to re-establish paua, or sea horse rearing plants.
www.nzherald.co.nz

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