- cock something up
- sl very inf
запороть (испортить)
Don’t ask Jim to organize anything! He’s had no experience and he’ll cock it all up for you.
We don’t want to cock the whole thing up.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов. 2013.
cock something up
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cock something up — ˌcock sthˈup derived (BrE, slang) to ruin sth by doing it badly, or by making a careless or stupid mistake Syn: ↑bungle • I really cocked that exam up! … Useful english dictionary
cock something up — Brit. informal spoil or ruin something. → cock … English new terms dictionary
cock (something) up — vb British to make a mess of, to mismanage disas trously. As in the noun cock up, the pre cise origin of the expression is uncertain. It is common in Britain and Australia, but n ot in the USA … Contemporary slang
cock up — verb raise The dog pricked up his ears • Syn: ↑prick up, ↑prick • Hypernyms: ↑rear, ↑erect • Verb Frames: Somebody s something … Useful english dictionary
cock — cock1 noun 1》 a male bird, especially of a domestic fowl. ↘used in names of birds, especially game birds, e.g. snowcock. ↘Brit. a male lobster, crab, or salmon. ↘Brit. informal a friendly form of address among men. 2》 vulgar slang a… … English new terms dictionary
cock up — PHRASAL VERB If you cock something up, you ruin it by doing something wrong. [BRIT, INFORMAL, RUDE] → See also cock up [V n P] Seems like I ve cocked it up, Egan said... [V P n (not pron)] They ve cocked up the address … English dictionary
cock a snook at — phrase to deliberately do something that insults someone or that shows a lack of respect for someone or something He was cocking a snook at politicians’ lifestyles. Thesaurus: to insult or offend someonesynonym Main entry: snook * * * cock a… … Useful english dictionary
Cock tease — (sometimes cock tease or cocktease) is derisive sexual slang used to describe a woman who acts in a sexual manner to seduce men without actually fulfilling the sexual actions. The term has been in use in Great Britain and the United States since… … Wikipedia
cock-a-hoop — [ˌkɔk ə ˈhu:p US ˌka:k ] adj [not before noun] BrE [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: set the cock on the hoop to celebrate (16 17 centuries)] pleased and excited about something, especially something you have done cock a hoop at/about/over ▪ Robert s… … Dictionary of contemporary English
cock-up — cock ups N COUNT If you make a cock up of something, you ruin it by doing something wrong. [BRIT, INFORMAL, RUDE] He was in danger of making a real cock up of this... This was just an administrative cock up … English dictionary
cock — ► NOUN 1) a male bird, especially of a domestic fowl. 2) vulgar slang a man s penis. 3) Brit. informal nonsense. 4) a firing lever in a gun which can be raised to be released by the trigger. 5) a stopcock. ► VERB 1) … English terms dictionary
