stonewall
An obstructionAn obstruction.
» We've stonewalled them, and they've got nothing.
Значення
значень: 3(ідіома)An obstruction.
(ідіома)A refusal to cooperate.
(історичне, ідіома)An alcoholic drink popular in colonial America, consisting of apple cider (or sometimes applejack) mixed with rum (or sometimes gin or whisky).
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речень: 4We've stonewalled them, and they've got nothing.
Stonewall is a gay bar.
deDas Stonewall Inn ist eine Gay-Bar. — Rovo
The trial lawyers couldn't get past the Mafia leader's stonewalling tactics.
ruАдвокаты первой инстанции не смогли пробиться через тактику блокирования главы мафии. — Hellerick
Nixon tried to stonewall through Watergate by ignoring it, but it didn't work.
deNixon versuchte Watergate durch Ignorieren auszusitzen, aber es funktionierte nicht. — samueldora
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мов: 1Походження
From Middle English stonwal, stone wall, stanewalle (“wall made of stone”), from Old EngliFrom Middle English stonwal, stone wall, stanewalle (“wall made of stone”), from Old English stānweall (“stonewall”), equivalent to stone + wall. The alcoholic drink (sense 3) was perhaps named thus because its effect was as potent as running into a stone wall.
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