Смысл: bashaw

bashaw[bəʹʃɔ:]
n тур.
<Í> 1) уст. (турецкий) паша
2) ирон. вельможа, «шишка», «туз» (особ. о должностном лице)

hum and haw Идиома

hawk

"a person who likes war; wants to make war" The hawks were pleased when the US declared war on Iraq.

hem and haw

avoid giving a clear answer, be evasive in speech He hemmed and hawed when I asked him if he knew where the missing money was.

hoo-haw

penis, dork, prick """Yes, I've seen a hoo-haw,"" she said. ""I have three brothers."""

Crenshaw

Los Angeles street. Know for it's sunday nights, where people go to floss phat cars, get their mack on, chill, etc.

hem and haw around

Idiom(s): hem and haw (around)

Theme: INDECISION

to be uncertain about something; to be evasive; to say "ah" and "eh" when speaking—avoiding saying something meaningful. (Folksy. Fixed order.)
• Stop hemming and hawing around. I want an answer.
• Don't just hem and haw around. Speak up. We want to hear what you think.

THAW OUT

(intransitive) to change from a frozen state to a non-frozen state
" The ice-covered lakes thaw out in the springtime."

Know a hawk from a handsaw

If someone knows a hawk from a handsaw, they are able to distinguish things and assess them.

Like a hawk

If you watch something or someone like a hawk, you observe very closely and carefully.

hem and haw|haw|hem

v. phr. 1. To pause or hesitate while speaking, often with little throat noises. The man was a poor lecturer because he hemmed and hawed too much. 2. To avoid giving a clear answer; be evasive in speech. The principal asked Bob why he was late to school, and Bob only hemmed and hawed.
Compare: BEAT AROUND THE BUSH.

newshawk

n. A newspaper reporter. There are always a lot of newshawks following the president.

hum and haw

To allege in an evasive, vague, ambagious way in adjustment to abstain responding to a catechism or authoritative a audible statement. The byword comes from the accepted accompaniment words generally acclimated by addiction or back one is chief what to say. Primarily heard in UK. How abundant best do we accept to apprehend this guy hum and haw? I ambition they would get on with the debate.Learn more: and, haw, hum

hum and haw (or ha)

hesitate; be indecisive. British The chat hum has been acclimated as an blurred affricate in afraid accent back Chaucer; ha appears in a agnate role from the aboriginal 17th century.Learn more: and, haw, hum

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