Смысл: chickens

chicken1. [ʹtʃıkın] n
<Í> 1. цыплёнок
2. (молодая) курочка; молодой петушок
spring chicken - а) с.-х. мясной цыплёнок, откормленный к весенней распродаже; б) кул. цыплёнок [см. тж. 6, 1)]
3. pl с.-х. куры
our chickens lay two to three eggs a day - наши куры несут по два-три яйца в день
4. курятина, куриное мясо
fried chicken - жареная курица
a pound of chicken - фунт курятины
I don't like chicken - курицу я не люблю /не ем/
chicken Kiev - котлеты по-киевски
chicken croquettes - куриные тефтели
chicken salad - салат-оливье с курицей
5. птенец
6. 1) юнец; молодое, неопытное существо; неоперившийся птенец
spring chicken - желторотый юнец или простодушная наивная девушка, «цыплёнок» [см. тж. 2]
she is no (spring) chicken - она уже не девчонка /не первой молодости/
2) ласк. птенчик (о ребёнке)
3) амер. сл. молодой солдат, новобранец
4) амер. сл. лёгкая добыча, жертва (ограбления и т. п.)
7. пренебр. трус, мокрая курица
to be chicken - трусить
8. воен. жарг.
1) «курица» (орёл в гербе США)
2) «курица» (знак различия полковника)
3) полковник
9. амер. сл.
1) враки, выдумки
2) придирки
chicken sergeant - сержант-придира
3) нудная работа
♢ he got it where the chicken got the axe - ему всыпали по первое число, он получил по шее
to count one's chickens before they are hatched, don't count your chickens before they are hatched - посл. цыплят по осени считают

2. [ʹtʃıkın] a
<Í> 1. амер. куриный; относящийся к разведению кур
chicken coop /house/ - курятник
chicken farming - амер. птицеводство; куроводство, разведение кур
chicken farm - птицеводческая ферма
chicken ranch - (большое) птицеводческое хозяйство
2. разг. маленький, небольшой
chicken lobster - молодой омар
3. разг. трусливый
to be chicken - трусить, перепугаться

up with the chickens Идиома

chickens come home to roost

we cannot escape the consequences of our actions We soon discover that lies return to their owner, just as chickens come home to roost.

chickenshit

(See chicken)

count your chickens before they hatch

depend heavily on plans, spend money that you have not received "Politicians have learned not to ""count their chickens"" before the election."

don't count your chickens before they hatch

do not expect all plans to be successful, wait until you get the final results """Look at the sales I'm going to make this month - over 50!"" ""Don't count your chickens... ."""

go to bed with the chickens

Idiom(s): go to bed with the chickens

Theme: EARLY

to go to bed at sundown; to go to bed very early (when the chickens do).
• Of course I get enough sleep. I go to bed with the chickens.
• Mr. Brown goes to bed with the chickens and gets up with them, too.

count one's chickens before they hatch

Idiom(s): count one's chickens before they hatch

Theme: COUNTING

to plan how to utilize good results of something before those results have occurred. (Frequently used in the negative.)
• You're way ahead of yourself Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
• You may be disappointed if you count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.

You must not be too confident that something will be successful.

Don't catch your chickens before they're hatched

This means that you should wait until you know whether something has produced the results you desire, rather than acting beforehand. ('Don't count your chickens until they've hatched' is an alternative.)

When the chickens come home to roost

When a person pays dearly for something bad he or she did in the past, the chickens come home to roost.

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informal Words or acts come back to cause trouble for a person; something bad you said or did receives punishment; you get the punishment that you deserve. Fred's chickens finally came home to roost today. He was late so often that the teacher made him go to the principal.

Often used in a short form. Mary's selfishness will come home to roost some day.