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air drag[ʹeədræg]
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<Í> аэродинамическое сопротивление

drag Идиома

a drag

a boring time, a yawner Mary's party was a drag. We just sat around and talked.

drag

(See a drag)

drag in

insist on bringing another subject into a discussion He always drags in his personal problems when we are talking about his performance on the job.

drag it out

take a long time to finish, speak for a long time When James tells a ghost story, he drags it out for an hour.

drag on

go for a long time, last for hours or days The funeral dragged on and on - for three days!

drag one

act slowly or reluctantly Our company is dragging their feet in making a decision to hire new workers.

drag one's feet

" delay; take longer than necessary to do something."

drag one's heels

act slowly or reluctantly The government has been dragging their heels in talks with the union about their new contract.

drag race

two cars racing from a stop light """Did you see the drag race?"" ""Ya. The Corvette won."""

drag your feet

work too slow, prevent progress They're dragging their feet. Tell them to work faster.

dragged through a...

(See look like he was dragged through a knothole)

have a drag

draw smoke through a cigarette, have a drag I'm out of cigarettes. Can I have a drag of yours?

knock them down, drag them out

fighting, brawling, Donnybrook, no holds barred After the game, a few soccer fans began to fight. It was a knock-em-down-drag-em-out brawl.

look like he was dragged through a knothole

appear to be very tired, burn out, run down After a divorce and a funeral, Anne looked like she'd been dragged through a knothole.

main drag

the most important street in a town We spent most of Saturday evening driving up and down the main drag of the town.

chase the dragon

to smoke heroin by burning the drug on foil and inhaling the smoke through a tube

dragged

highly intoxicated:"After 3 pitchers I was dragged"

dragger

someone who is so drunk that they constantly need to be carried or dragged back to their room:"We had a bunch of draggers left after the party"

drag down

1．make weak使衰弱；使拖垮
His illness is dragging him down．他的病正在把他拖垮。
The gambler not only destroyed himself but also dragged his family down．赌博不仅毁了他自己而且也把他的家庭给拖垮了。
The high fever has been dragging him down．高烧使他感到虚弱。
If you marry that man，he'll drag you down．如果你嫁给那个人，他会把你给毁了。
2．pull down把…拉下
The thief was dragged down from the platform by the students．学生们把小偷从台上拉了下来。

drag off

lead sb．against his will强拉（某人）
It's no good dragging your father off to the theater since he doesn't appreciate the opera．既然你父亲不喜欢歌剧，硬拉他去戏院也没什么好处。
Dragged off by my friend to the dance in the afternoon，I had to sit up till midnight，writing the paper．因为下午被我朋友强拉去跳舞，所以我只好熬夜写论文。

drag out

protract unduly or tediously无缘无故地或令人讨厌地延长
He dragged out his lecture until no one was listening．他的演讲拖得太长，大家都不想听了。

drag up

1．pull up把…拔出来
They tried every possible means to drag up the trees by the roots．他们想尽了一切办法把这些树连根拔起。
2．raise（a child）badly把孩子胡乱拉扯大
These children seem to have been dragged up rather than brought up．这些孩子看来是胡乱拉扯大的，没有很好地扶养。
3．introduce unpleasantly不愉快地牵扯
Must you drag up all these old scandals？你非要把过去的这些丑事牵扯进来吗？
Instead of dragging up their past disputes，the two parties achieved unity through criticism and selfcriticism．双方不是纠缠历史旧帐，而是通过批评和自我批评加强了团结。

Wild horses couldn't drag

Idiom(s): Wild horses couldn't drag sb.

Theme: FORCE

nothing could force someone (to go somewhere). (Informal.)
• I refuse to go to that meeting! Wild horses couldn't drag me.
• Wild horses couldn't drag her to that game.

look like sth the cat dragged in

Idiom(s): look like sth the cat dragged in

Theme: DISORDER

to look very shabby, worn, exhausted, or abused. (Informal. Sometimes with drug.)
• That new sofa of theirs looks like something the cat dragged in.
• Poor Dave looks like something the cat drug in. He must have been out late last night.

knock-down-drag-out fight

Idiom(s): knock-down-drag-out fight

Theme: FIGHTING

a serious fight; a serious argument. (Folksy.)
• Boy, they really had a knock-down-drag-out fight.
• Stop calling each other names, or you're going to end up with a real knock-down-drag-out fight.

feel dragged out

Idiom(s): feel dragged out

Theme: EXHAUSTION

to feel exhausted. (Informal.)
• What a day! I really feel dragged out.
• If he runs too much, he ends up feeling dragged out.

Drag your heels

If you drag your heels, you either delay doing something or do it as slowly as possible because you don't want to do it.

Look what the cat dragged in

This idiom is used when someone arrives somewhere looking a mess or flustered and bothered.

drag in|drag

v. To insist on bringing (another subject) into a discussion; begin talking about (something different.) No matter what we talk about, Jim drags in politics. Whenever anyone mentions travel, Grace has to drag in the trip to Mexico she took ten years ago.

drag on|drag|drag out

v. 1. To pass very slowly. The cold winter months dragged on until we thought spring would never come. 2. To prolong; make longer. The meeting would have been over quickly if the members had not dragged out the argument about dues.

drag on the market|drag|market

n. phr. An article for which the demand has fallen off thus causing an oversupply. Your type of word processor went out of style and is now a drag on the market.

drag one's feet|drag|drag one's heels|feet|foot|he

v. phr. To act slowly or reluctantly. The children wanted to watch television, and dragged their feet when their mother told them to go to bed. The city employees said the mayor had promised to raise their pay, but was now dragging his feet.

drag race|drag|race

n., slang An automobile race in which the drivers try to cover a certain distance (usually one quarter mile) in the shortest possible time. Drag races are often held on airport landing strips. Holding drag races is a good way to stop teenage hot rod racing on public highways.
Compare: DRAG STRIP.

drag strip|drag|strip

n., slang A place where drag races are held. Before the race Paul loaded his racer onto the trailer to take it out of town to the drag strip for the race.
Compare: DRAG RACE.

main drag|drag|main

n., colloquial 1. The most important street or thoroughfare in a town. Lincoln Avenue is the main drag of our town. 2. The street where the dope pushers and the prostitutes are. Wells Street is the main drag of Chicago, actionwise.

drag one's ass

drag one's ass
1) Also, drag ass or drag it or drag tail. Leave, depart, as in I'm dragging my ass out of this place, or It's really late, let's drag ass! [Vulgar slang; 1920s]
2) Also, drag one's tail. Move or act with deliberate slowness, as in Hurry up, stop dragging your tail. [Vulgar slang; c. 1930] For a more polite synonym, see drag one's feet.

drag queen

drag queen
A male transvestite; also, a female impersonator. For example, He was surprised to find out that Roxanne was actually a drag queen. This term uses the slang noun drag in the sense of “female attire worn by a man” (a usage dating from about 1870; also see in drag). [Offensive slang; c. 1940]

dragon

dragon
the Dragon
the constellation Draco

dragon lady

dragon lady
A domineering or belligerent woman, as in They called her the neighborhood dragon lady—she was always yelling at the children. This slangy term was originally the name of a villainous Asian woman in Milton Caniff's popular cartoon strip Terry and the Pirates (1934-1973), which ran in many newspapers. It was transferred to more general use in the mid-1900s.

in drag

in drag
Wearing clothes normally worn by the opposite sex, as in All of the actors in the revue were in drag. This expression originally alluded to male actors wearing women's apparel on stage, especially for comic purposes, but also refers to cross-dressing by homosexuals. [Colloquial; c. 1870]

like something the cat dragged in

like something the cat dragged in
see look like something the cat dragged in.

look like something the cat dragged in

look like something the cat dragged in
Appear completely bedraggled, as in After running around in the rain for hours, I looked like something the cat dragged in. This expression alludes to a cat's bringing home birds or mice it has killed or savaged. [c. 1920]

wild horses couldn't drag me

wild horses couldn't drag me
Nothing could induce or persuade me, as in Wild horses couldn't drag me to that nightclub. This idiom, always in negative form, is believed to have replaced wild horses couldn't draw it from me, referring to the medieval torture of using horses to stretch a prisoner and thereby force a confession. [First half of 1800s]