walking dictionary

walking dictionary — {n. phr.} A person highly knowledgeable in matters of language use. * /If you want to know what serendipity means, ask my Uncle Fred. He is a professor of English and is also a walking dictionary./ …   Словарь американских идиом

walking dictionary — {n. phr.} A person highly knowledgeable in matters of language use. * /If you want to know what serendipity means, ask my Uncle Fred. He is a professor of English and is also a walking dictionary./ …   Словарь американских идиом

walking dictionary — ходячая энциклопедия …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

walking dictionary — Общая лексика: ходячая энциклопедия …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

walking dictionary — ходячая энциклопедия …   Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь

walking encyclopedia — {n. phr.} A polymath; a person very well versed in a number of different disciplines. * /My uncle is a veritable walking encyclopedia when it comes to the history of World War II./ Contrast: WALKING DICTIONARY …   Словарь американских идиом

walking — ˈwɔ:kɪŋ 1. сущ. 1) ходьба Syn : pacing 2) походка Syn : gait, walk 2. прил. 1) гуляющий; ходячий walking case 2) тех. на шагающем ходу walking excavator ∙ walking corpse walking dictionary …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

Walking the plank — Walk the plank redirects here. For other uses, see Walk the Plank. Walking the plank is a phrase that describes a form of murder or torture that was practiced by pirates, mutineers and other rogue seafarers. It involved the victim being forced to …   Wikipedia

Walking Stewart — John Walking Stewart (19 February 1747 ndash; 20 February 1822) was an English traveller and philosopher.Known as Walking Stewart to his contemporaries for having travelled on foot from Madras, India (where he worked as a clerk to the East India… …   Wikipedia

walking — adjective a) Incarnate as a human; living. Elizabeth knows so many words that they call her the walking dictionary. b) Able to walk in spite of injury or sickness. Phils mother is a walking miracle after surviving that accident …   Wiktionary