sprat

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Определение sprat в Английский Язык Турецкий язык словарь

bir tür ufak ringa balığı

{i} çaçabalığı

Balina yakalamak için bir çaçabalığı atın. - Throw a sprat to catch a whale.

çaçabalık

{i} hamsi gibi küçük bir balık

i., zool. çaçabalığı

Clupea sprattus

papalina

Связанные Термины

throw a sprat to catch a mackerel

kaz gelecek yerden tavuk esirgememek

throw out a sprat to catch a mackerel

(Atasözü) Kaz gelecek yerden tavuk esirgenmez

throw a sprat to catch a mackarel

kaz gelecek yerden tavuk esirgememek

throw a sprat to catch a whale

kaz gelecek yerden tavuk esirgememek

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Определение sprat в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the family Clupeidae

{n} a small and well known fish

A small European herring (Clupea sprattus) closely allied to the common herring and the pilchard; called also garvie

{i} small edible fish

small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines

A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); called also alfione, and perch

small herring processed like a sardine

The name is also applied to small herring of different kinds

Sprats are very small European sea fish which can be eaten. a small fish that is cooked and eaten whole. or brisling Species (Sprattus sprattus) of edible fish in the herring family. Sprats are silver marine fishes that form enormous schools in western European waters. Less than 6 in. (15 cm) long, they are especially valuable for canning as sardines. They are eaten fresh, tinned in oil, pickled, or smoked. The term also refers to a small or young herring or similar fish (e.g., anchovy)

Связанные Термины

a sprat to catch a mackerel

One may sacrifice something of little value in the hope of gaining something better

Jack Sprat

a character in a nursery rhyme (=an old song or poem for children) . The rhyme goes: Jack Sprat would eat no fat,/His wife would eat no lean,/And so between them both, you see,/They licked the platter clean. Jack Sprat

throw a sprat to catch a mackerel

give up a little in order to gain a lot

Этимология

[ 'sprat ] (noun.) 1537. alteration of Middle English sprot, from Old English sprott.