Смысл: impale

impale[ımʹpeıl]
v
<Í> 1. прокалывать, протыкать, пронзать
to impale oneself upon smth. - напороться на что-л.
to impale smb. with one's eyes - пронзить кого-л. взглядом
2. ист. сажать на кол
3. редк. обносить частоколом, огораживать кольями
4. геральд. соединять два гербовых щита [см. impalement 3]

pale Идиома

beyond the pale

outside the bounds of acceptable behavior What they are doing is totally unacceptable and beyond the pale.

pale by comparison

is not as good, is not as beautiful or talented Most European parks pale by comparison to Banff.

pale around the gills

Idiom(s): pale around the gills AND blue around the gills; green around the gills

Theme: HEALTH - POOR

looking sick. (Informal. The around can be replaced with about.)
• John is looking a little pale around the gills. What's wrong?
• Oh, I feel a little green about the gills.

beyond the pale|beyond|pale|the pale

adv. or adj. phr. In disgrace; with no chance of being accepted or respected by others; not approved by the members of a group. After the outlaw killed a man he was beyond the pale and not even his old friends would talk to him. Tom's swearing is beyond the pale; no one invites him to dinner any more.

green around the gills|gills|green|pale|pale aroun

adj. phr., slang Pale-faced from fear or sickness; sickly; nauseated. Bill's father took him for a ride in his boat while the waves were rough, and when he came back he was green around the gills. The car almost hit Mary crossing the street, and she was pale around the gills because it came so close.

Also used with other prepositions besides "around", as "about", "at", "under", and with other colors, as "blue", "pink", "yellow", "white".

pale

pale
see beyond the pale.

Paleocene

Paleocene
the Paleocene
the Paleocene Epoch or its rocks

Paleogene

Paleogene
the Paleogene
the Paleogene subdivision of the Tertiary Period or its rocks

Paleolithic

Paleolithic
the Paleolithic
the Paleolithic period, subdivided into the Lower (to c. 150,000 ), Middle (to c. 38,000 ), and Upper stages; Old Stone Age

Paleozoic

Paleozoic
the Paleozoic
the Paleozoic Era or its rocks