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elegant; fein {adj} (Weingeschmack) [cook.] [listen] elegant; fine (wine taste) [listen] [listen]

Blutblumen {pl} (Haemanthus) (botanische Gattung) [bot.] blood lilies; paintbrush lilies (botanical genus)

Elefantenohr {n} (Haemanthus albiflos) paintbrush

Stier {m}; Bulle {m} [zool.] [listen] bull [listen]

Stiere {pl}; Bullen {pl} bulls

den Stier bei den Hörnern packen [übtr.] to take the bull by the horns [fig.]

Er packte den Stier bei den Hörnern. He took the bull by the horns.

sich anstellen wie ein Elefant im Porzellanladen [übtr.] to go at it like a bull in a china shop [fig.]

Er benimmt sich wie ein Elefant im Porzellanladen. [übtr.] He behaves like a bull in a china shop.

Trampel {m}; Trampeltier {n}; Lackel {m} [Süddt.] [Ös.]; Galöri {m} [Schw.]; Elefant {m} im Porzellanladen [geh.] [pej.] (schwerfällig-unbeholfene Person) lump; clumsy oaf; clumsy clot [Br.]; galoot [Am.] [Sc.]; stumblebum [Am.]; klutz [Am.]; lummox [Am.]; lubber [dialect] [obs.] [listen] [listen]

Trampel {pl}; Trampeltiere {pl}; Lackel {pl}; Galöri {pl}; Elefanten {pl} im Porzellanladen lumps; clumsy oafs; clumsy clots; galoots; stumblebums; klutzs; lummoxes; lubbers [listen]
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