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saw\ wood — • saw wood • saw gourds Southern v. phr. slang To breathe loudly through the nose while sleeping; snore. John was sawing wood. In Alabama a boy who snores saws gourds … Словарь американских идиом
saw wood — also {Southern}[saw gourds] {v. phr.}, {slang} To breathe loudly through the nose while sleeping; snore. * /John was sawing wood./ * /In Alabama a boy who snores saws gourds./ … Dictionary of American idioms
saw wood — also {Southern}[saw gourds] {v. phr.}, {slang} To breathe loudly through the nose while sleeping; snore. * /John was sawing wood./ * /In Alabama a boy who snores saws gourds./ … Dictionary of American idioms
saw wood — verb breathe noisily during one s sleep she complained that her husband snores • Syn: ↑snore, ↑saw logs • Derivationally related forms: ↑snore (for: ↑snore), ↑snorer … Useful english dictionary
saw wood — idi to snore loudly while sleeping … From formal English to slang
saw — saw1 [sô] n. [ME sawe < OE sagu, akin to Ger säge, Du zaag < IE base * sek , to cut, > L secare, to cut, OE seax, knife] 1. a) a cutting tool, of various shapes and sizes and worked by hand or machinery, consisting essentially of a thin… … English World dictionary
wood — W2S2 [wud] n ↑goggles, ↑saw, ↑wood [: Old English; Origin: wudu] 1.) [U and C] the material that trees are made of →↑wooden, woody ↑woody ▪ Put some more wood on the fire. ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
saw\ gourds — • saw wood • saw gourds Southern v. phr. slang To breathe loudly through the nose while sleeping; snore. John was sawing wood. In Alabama a boy who snores saws gourds … Словарь американских идиом
saw — saw1 sawer, n. sawlike, adj. /saw/, n., v., sawed, sawed or sawn, sawing. n. 1. a tool or device for cutting, typically a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth. 2. any similar tool or device, as a rotating disk, in which a sharp… … Universalium
saw — 1. noun /sɔː,sɔ,sɑː,sɑːl/ a) A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal And for thy trew sawys, and I may lyve many wynters, there was never no knyght better rewardid [...]. b) A … Wiktionary
