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Beggar
beggar
(beggars, beggaring, beggared) 1. A beggar is someone who lives by asking people for money or food. N-COUNT 2. If something beggars a person, country, or organization, it makes them very poor. He warned that lifting copyright restrictions could beggar the industry. VERB: V n 3. If something beggars belief, it is impossible to believe it. If something beggars description, it is impossible to describe it. The statistics beggar belief... His courage beggars description. PHRASE: V inflects
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English beggere, ~e, from beggen to beg + -ere, -are 2-er Date: 13th century 1. one that begs; especially a person who lives by asking for gifts 2. pauper 3. fellow 4c II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 15th century 1. to reduce to ~y 2. to exceed the resources or abilities of ; defy ~s description so outrageous as to ~ belief ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a person who begs, esp. one who lives by begging. 2 a poor person. 3 colloq. a person; a fellow (poor beggar). --v.tr. 1 reduce to poverty. 2 outshine. 3 exhaust the resources of (beggar description). Phrases and idioms beggar-my-neighbour 1 a card-game in which a player seeks to capture an opponent's cards. 2 (attrib.) (esp. of national policy) self-aggrandizing at the expense of competitors. beggars cannot (or must not) be choosers those without other resources must take what is offered. Etymology: ME f. BEG + -AR(3) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. нищий, попрошайка beggar woman (maid) —- нищенка 2. бедняк, неимущий 3. (часто с прилагательными) парень, малый; плут nice little beggars —- плутишки (о детях, зверенышах и т. п.) poor beggar —- бедняга insolent beggar —- наглец unfortunate beggar —- неудачник lucky beggar —- счастливчик he's a good-hearted beggar —- он добрый малый (парень) Id: a beggar on horseback —- выскочка; ворона в павлиньих перьях Id: he is a beggar for work —- у него работа в руках горит Id: to know smb. as well as a beggar knows his bag (dish) —- знать кого-л. как облупленного Id: beggars cannot (must not) be choosers —- посл. беднякам не приходится выбирать 4. доводить до нищеты; разорять; пускать по миру to beggar oneself —- разориться conscience beggars any man that keeps it (Shakespeare) —- совестливый человек не разбогатеет 5. превосходить to beggar compare —- быть вне всякого сравнения it beggars all description —- это не поддается описанию 6. редк. заставлять to beggar smb. out of his obstinacy —- перебороть чье-л. упрямство to beggar smb. into submission —- вынудить кого-л. подчиниться ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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description не поддаваться описанию BEGGAR oneself разориться BEGGAR on horseback выскочка BEGGAR 1. noun 1) нищий 2) joc. парень, малый; плутишка - insolent beggar - poor beggar - dull beggar - stubborn beggar - little beggars beggars must/should be no choosers prov. - беднякам не приходится выбирать the beggar may sing before the thief prov. - голый разбоя не боится - beggar on horseback set a beggar on horseback and hell ride to the devil prov. посади свинью за стол, она и ноги на стол to know smth., smb. as well as a beggar knows his bag знать что-л., кого-л. как свои пять пальцев 2. v. 1) доводить до нищеты, разорять - beggar oneself 2) превосходить it beggars all description - это не поддается описанию ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 n 1 someone who lives by asking people for food and money (There's been a huge increase in the number of beggars on London's streets.) 2 lucky/lazy/cheeky etc beggar BrE spoken used to describe someone who you think is lucky, lazy etc, in a friendly way (You lazy little beggar! | "How's Dave?" "The lucky beggar's in the south of France!") 3 beggars can't be choosers used to say that when you have no money, no power to choose etc, you have to accept whatever is available ~2 v 1 beggar description/belief etc formal to be impossible to describe, believe etc (The scenery was so beautiful that it beggared description.) 2 formal to make someone very poor (Drought combined with falling prices to beggar whole communities of farmers.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 12c., from O.Fr. begart, originally a member of the Beghards, lay brothers of mendicants in the Low Countries, from M.Du. beggaert "mendicant," with pejorative suffix. The order said to take its name from Lambert le Begue "Lambert the Stammerer," a Liege priest (d.1177). The order quickly drew imposters and fell from repute. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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