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Значения термина hen-peck на английском

To bother persistently with trivial complaints.

Синонимы
Examples for "peck"
Examples for "peck"
1
We put in a peck at a time, in a dozen places.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
2
They peck when I even think about moving but that's not real.
An ordinary decent criminal
3
A bird-like peck at the inkwell, and the pen began to scratch-scratch-scratch.
The Voice in the Fog
4
Down came the pipe, and with it a peck of greasy soot.
The Man on the Box
5
With that and the flash-light we could get a peck of them.
The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol / Or, The Story of ...
1
It was not in Kay's nature to nag; she let it drop.
The Godfather
2
He put the old nag in a lope down the rocky creek.
The Heart of the Hills
3
After a time the trotting nag overtook the trailers of the procession.
When Egypt Went Broke: A Novel
4
He put his find in his pocket and whipped up the nag.
Madame Bovary
5
With a kick he started the old nag and again pulled in.
The Heart of the Hills
1
He was right, of course, and there was no time to quibble.
The White Road
2
You're in no position to talk of rights or quibble about titles.
Lily of the Nile
3
There was barely a quibble about the charges during the information morning.
Independent.ie
4
The woman was too downright in her honesty to quibble or fence.
The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
5
But it is needless to quibble at a definition of the term.
Literary Lapses
Использование термина hen-peck на английском
1
She suffered considerable annoyance at the hands of her husband, although she frequently hen-pecked him.
Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date / Biographical Dictionary of the...
2
The number of Northern church-members who are hen-pecked husbands.
Slavery Ordained of God
3
In fact, the bishop is hen-pecked.
Barchester Towers
4
When not hen-pecking her husband this powerful lady was rearing wild animals or corresponding with the Princess Caroline.
A Wanderer in Holland
5
Many marriages are breaking down under stress because "hen-pecking" wives cannot abide failure in their husbands.
The Irish Times
6
Intellectual - hen-pecked you all.
The last novel
7
But the husbands who have obtained the degrading name of "hen-pecked";
The Physiology of Marriage, Part 1
8
Talk of being hen-pecked!
They and I
9
In fact I'm the only man on it, which makes me the most hen-pecked spokesman for an RO chapter, he laughs.
Independent.ie
10
He pulled her down on his knee, squeaked "Sorry, dear," in his hen-pecked-husband voice, then kissed her and said, "What an excellent idea."
East of the sun
11
Sometimes they taunted him with want of courage, and called him a "night-cap" and a "hen-pecked coon," all of which made Nils uncomfortable.
Boyhood in Norway: Stories of Boy-Life in the Land of the Midnig...
12
Veteran Corrie producer Bill Podmore wrote in his memoirs: As Jack Duckworth, hen-pecked hubby, would-be Romeo and loser in life, Bill found fame and fortune.
The Guardian