Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Synonyymit
Ääntäminen
US- Tuntematon aksentti:
- IPA: /brɪŋ ˈaʊlz tu ˈæ.θɪnz/
| Käännös | Konteksti | |
|---|---|---|
| Verbit | ||
| 1. | idiomaattinen | |
Määritelmät
Verbit
- (idiomatic) To undertake a pointless venture, one that is redundant, unnecessary, superfluous, or highly uneconomical.
Esimerkit
- Who brings owls to Athens? — Euelpides, in Aristophanes' Birds (English translation by Ian Johnston)
- Forgive me, then, for bringing owls to Athens as a thanks-offering. — Goethe, in a letter to Wilhelm von Humboldt (English translation by Louis H. Gray)
- Perhaps we have not been sufficiently aware that talking about access and its implications in Scandinavia is like bringing owls to Athens. — Herbert Burkert (http://ec.europa.eu/archives/ISPO/legal/stockholm/en/burkert.html)
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | brought owls to Athens |
| Imperfekti | brought owls to Athens |
| Partisiipin preesens | bringing owls to Athens |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | brings owls to Athens |