Смысл:
bees Bee[bi:]
n
<Í> Би (женское имя); см. Beatrice, Beatrix
bee[bi:]
n
<Í> 1. энт. пчела (Apis mellifera)
female /queen/ bee - пчелиная матка
working bee - пчела-работница
bee escape - с.-х. уход роя (из улья)
bee pasture [plants] - медоносная площадь [-ые растения]
bee veil - покрывало или сетка от пчёл
bee venom - пчелиный яд
bees transferring - перегон пчёл (в новый улей)
2. амер.
1) помощь соседям; совместная работа или развлечения
spinning [husking, quilting] bee - помощь соседям в прядении [лущении кукурузы, стёжке одеял]
2) неодобр. действия скопом
hanging [lynching] bee - толпа вешателей [линчевателей]
3) конкурс
spelling bee - школьный конкурс на знание орфографии
♢ the bee's knees - сл. величина, шишка (о человеке); уникум
busy as a bee - очень занятой; трудолюбивый; ≅ работяга
a bee in one's bonnet /head/ - а) причуда; помешательство (на чём-л.); ≅ не все дома; б) тайный умысел
to have bees in the head - быть фантазёром, чудаком; тронуться
to put the bee on smb. - амер. сл. просить денег взаймы, выпрашивать что-л. у кого-л.
bees Идиома
birds and bees
the facts about sex and birth He learned about the birds and bees in his health education class at school.
none of one's beeswax
Idiom(s): none of one's beeswax
Theme: KNOWLEDGE - PRIVATE
none of someone's business. (Slang.)
• The answer to that question is none of your beeswax.
• It's none of your beeswax what I do with my spare time.
birds and the bees
Idiom(s): birds and the bees
Theme: REPRODUCTION
human reproduction. (A euphemistic way of referring to human sex and reproduction. Fixed order.)
• My father tried to teach me about the birds and the bees.
• He's twenty years old and doesn't understand about the birds and the bees!
Hive of worker bees
A hive of worker bees is a group of people working actively and cooperatively. Example The classroom was a hive of worker bees.
Mind your own beeswax
(USA) This idiom means that people should mind their own business and not interfere in other people's affairs.
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n. phr., informal The facts we should know about our birth. At various ages, in response to questions, a child can be told about the birds and the bees.
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birds and the bees, the
A euphemism for sex education, especially when taught informally. For example, It's time Father told the children about the birds and the bees. Cole Porter alluded to this expression in his witty song, “Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love,” (1928) when he noted that birds, bees, even educated fleas fall in love. This idiom alludes to sexual behavior in animals to avoid explicit explanation of human behavior. [Second half of 1800s]
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