leg

[leɡ]

noun

1) (one of the limbs by which animals and man walk: The horse injured a front leg; She stood on one leg.) noga

2) (the part of an article of clothing that covers one of these limbs closely: He has torn the leg of his trousers.) hlačnica

3) (a long, narrow support of a table etc: One of the legs of the chair was broken.) noga

4) (one stage in a journey, competition etc: the last leg of the trip; the second leg of the contest.) etapa

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- -legged

- pull someone's leg

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I [leg]

noun

noga, bedro, stegno; krača, bočnik; etapa (pri potovanju, letenju); hlačnica, nogavica, golenica (škornja); noga stola, mize; nautical ena smer pri cikcak vožnji; stranica trikotnika, tangenta, krak šestila; sport stran igrišča desno od metalca (kriket)

to be all legs — nogat, dolgonog

to be off one's legs — biti slab v nogah

to be on one's last legs — biti z eno nogo v grobu, biti na koncu svojih moči

the boot is on the other leg — resnica je čisto drugačna, razmere so se spremenile

to fall on one's legs — postaviti se na noge, končno uspeti, imeti srečo

to feel ( —ali find) one's legs — shoditi (otrok)

to get a leg in — pridobiti zaupanje

to get upon one's legs — razjeziti se, planiti kvišku

to get on one's hind legs — postaviti se po robu, pripraviti se k obrambi

to give s.o. a leg up — pomagati komu naprej

not to have a leg to stand on — ne imeti se na kaj opreti, ne imeti opravičila

to have a bone in one's leg — dati šaljiv odklonilen odgovor

to have the legs of — biti hitrejši od koga

to have legs — biti zelo hiter (zlasti ladja)

to have good sea legs — ne dobiti morske bolezni, biti pravi mornar

to keep one's legs — obdržati se na nogah

leg and leg — enako stanje v igri, enako število točk

on one's (hind) legs — na nogah, pri dobrem zdravju

to pull s.o.'s leg — imeti koga za norca, šaliti se s kom

to put one's best leg foremost — pohiten

to run s.o. off his legs — nalagati komu prevež dela, obremeniti koga z delom

to set s.o. on his legs — pomagati komu na noge

archaic to make a leg — prikloniti se

to shake a leg — British English colloquially plesati, American slang pohiteti, podvizati se

to shake a loose leg — razuzdano živeti

to show a leg — vstati

to show a clean pair of legs — zbežati

to stand on one's own legs — biti samostojen, postaviti se na lastne noge

to stretch one's legs — iti na sprehod

to take to one's legs — popihati jo

to walk s.o. off his legs — utruditi koga s hojo

black-leg — slepar, stavkokaz

II [leg]

intransitive verb colloquially to leg it — (hitro) hoditi, teči, pobegniti