rag, duster
→
spineless person
4 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
NEW Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Croatian | |
Lexeme | krpa | |
Meaning 1 | rag, duster | kuhinjska krpa dishrag |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | spineless person | prava krpa a real doormat |
Reference | HJP | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | rag | |
Meaning 1 | rag, duster | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | spineless person | |
Reference | NBARS | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | тряпка | |
Meaning 1 | rag, duster | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | spineless person | Не будь тряпкой! |
Reference | BTS | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Serbian | |
Lexeme | крпа (krpa) | |
Meaning 1 | rag, duster | крпа за под, крпа за прашину, крпа за судове floor cloth, dust cloth, dish cloth |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | spineless person | Dakle, ako si kraljica, onda si kraljica i sa krpom u jednoj <...> ruci Ako si krpa, i sama kruna sa glave ti klizi. So, if you are a queen, then you are a queen with a rag in one <...> hand. If you are a spineless person, the crown itself slips off your head. |
Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 601 CLARIN.SI | |
Comment | This word is also used to name 'something of low importance, of low value'. |