- play opossum
- се преправа умрен* * *се преправа умрен
English-Macedonian dictionary. 2013.
play opossum
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Opossum de Virginie — Opossum de Virginie … Wikipédia en Français
Opossum de virginie — Opossum de Virginie … Wikipédia en Français
play possum — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To pretend to be asleep. * /Johnny seemed to be fully asleep, but his mother knew that he was playing possum./ 2. To stay quiet for self protection; try to escape attention by inactivity. * /The rabbit played possum under … Dictionary of American idioms
play possum — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To pretend to be asleep. * /Johnny seemed to be fully asleep, but his mother knew that he was playing possum./ 2. To stay quiet for self protection; try to escape attention by inactivity. * /The rabbit played possum under … Dictionary of American idioms
play possum — ► play possum 1) pretend to be unconscious or dead (as an opossum does when threatened). 2) feign ignorance. Main Entry: ↑possum … English terms dictionary
Opossum — For the Eastern Hemisphere marsupial, see possum. Didelphimorphia[1] Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Recent … Wikipedia
opossum — /euh pos euhm, pos euhm/, n., pl. opossums, (esp. collectively) opossum. 1. a prehensile tailed marsupial, Didelphis virginiana, of the eastern U.S., the female having an abdominal pouch in which its young are carried: noted for the habit of… … Universalium
opossum — [17] Opossum comes from aposoum, a word in Virginia Algonquian meaning literally ‘white animal’. The shortened form possum is virtually contemporary with it. When referring to the animal, opossum is now the more usual term, but possum holds its… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
opossum — [17] Opossum comes from aposoum, a word in Virginia Algonquian meaning literally ‘white animal’. The shortened form possum is virtually contemporary with it. When referring to the animal, opossum is now the more usual term, but possum holds its… … Word origins
play possum — verb to pretend to be dead (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑feign, ↑sham, ↑pretend, ↑affect, ↑dissemble • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * 1) pretend to be asleep or unconscious wh … Useful english dictionary
play possum — 1》 feign unconsciousness or death (as an opossum does when threatened). 2》 feign ignorance. → possum … English new terms dictionary
