SHEEP

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sheep substantiv (invariabil la pl.)

1. oaie;

to follow smb. like a sheep a urma pe cineva ca oaia / orbeşte, a se ţine scai de cineva;

wolf in sheep’s clothing lup în piele de oaie;

sheep that have no shepherd turmă fără păstor;

a black sheep un ticălos, un nemernic, un corupător;

to cast / to make sheep’s eyes to smb. a privi pe cineva cu ochi dulci, a arunca priviri galeşe / amoroase cuiva;

as well to be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb tot un drac.

2. persoană supusă / ascultătoare / sperioasă / ruşinoasă.

3. turmă, enoriaşi, membrii parohiei.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Wolves or watch-dogs, it was hard to say from which the sheep had most to fear.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

After that the peasants went home, and as they were entering the village, the small peasant also came quietly in, driving a flock of sheep and looking quite contented.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

So the old woman went to the Wicked Witch of the East, and promised her two sheep and a cow if she would prevent the marriage.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

Offspring whose mothers had a complicated pregnancy may be at greater risk of heart disease in later life, according to a new study in sheep.

(Heart disease risk begins in the womb, University of Cambridge)

I had only one misfortune, that the rats on board carried away one of my sheep; I found her bones in a hole, picked clean from the flesh.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

It befell, however, that a shepherd kept his sheep in the field and saw the flower, and as it was so pretty, plucked it, took it with him, and laid it away in his chest.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Soon afterwards the wolf came and wished him joy, and said, Now, my good fellow, you must tell no tales, but turn your head the other way when I want to taste one of the old shepherd’s fine fat sheep.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

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