Смысл: afternoon

afternoon1. [͵ɑ:ftəʹnu:n] n
<Í> 1. время после полудня; часы от полудня до заката
in the afternoon - днём, после полудня
this afternoon - сегодня днём
on Sunday afternoon - в воскресенье днём
afternoon's luncheon - полдник
2. последняя, более поздняя часть (чего-л.)
in the afternoon of life - на склоне лет
♢ good afternoon! - а) добрый день!, здравствуйте!; б) до свидания; (говорится во второй половине дня)

2. [͵ɑ:ftəʹnu:n] a
<Í> дневной; происходящий между полуднем и закатом
afternoon tea - чай в пять часов
afternoon reception [session] - дневной приём [-ое заседание]
afternoon clothes - одежда для второй половины дня
I shall have my afternoon sleep - я, как обычно, посплю днём
afternoon watch - мор. послеобеденная вахта (с 12 до 16 часов)

noo Идиома

a snootful

a lot to smell or drink, get wind of When the coyotes get a snootful of our campfire, they'll run.

good afternoon

hello, hi, good day "Answer the phone this way: ""Good afternoon, Ko speaking."""

have nookie

have sexual intercourse, have sex, make love All he wants to do is have nookie - all the time!

nookie

sex, poontang My man! All he wants is nookie!

snootful

(See a snootful)

you snooze, you lose

if you are not alert you will lose an opportunity, seize the opportunity Store clerks sometimes charge too much for a product. If you snooze, you lose.

a-headafternoon

a heavy user of amphetamines

cock a snook

to openly show contempt or disrespect. From the action of placing one's hand infront of the face with thumb touching the nose and fingers spread and extended, used to express contempt.

nook and cranny

Idiom(s): nook and cranny

Theme: HIDING

small, out-of-the-way places or places where something can be hidden. (Usually with every. Fixed order.)
• We looked for the tickets in every nook and cranny. They were lost. There was no doubt.
• The decorator had placed flowers in every nook and cranny.

use one's noodle

Idiom(s): use one's head AND use one's noggin; use one's noodle

Theme: INTELLIGENCE

to use one's own intelligence. (The words noggin and noodle are slang terms for "head.")
• You can do better in math if you'll just use your head.
• Jane uses her noggin and gets things done correctly and on time.
• Yes, she sure knows how to use her noodle.

Every nook and cranny

If you search every nook and cranny, you look everywhere for something.

nook and cranny, every

nook and cranny, every
Everywhere, as in I've searched for it in every nook and cranny, and I still can't find it. This metaphoric idiom pairs nook, which has meant “an out-of-the-way corner” since the mid-1300s, with cranny, which has meant “a crack or crevice” since about 1440. Neither noun is heard much other than in this idiom.

noose

noose
the noose
death by hanging

snook

snook
snook
cock a /snoot Chiefly British
To thumb one's nose: “[The clock] is set wrong and hung crooked, as if to cock a snook at the importance of time” (Kevin Crossley-Holland).

More Idioms/Phrases

snappy sneak sneak preview sneeze sniffle snit snook snowball's chance in hell, a snuff snuffle snug

English Vocalbulary

afternoons afterpart afterpayment afterpeak afterpiece afterpulse afterpurification afters aftersales aftersensation aftersensations aftershaft aftershave aftershaves aftershock aftersound afterstrain afterswarm