straw - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ German Dictionary

Nouns
				`straw`			`das Stroh no plural`
				`straw`			`der Strohhalm pl.: die Strohhalme`
				`straw`			`der Trinkhalm pl.: die Trinkhalme`
				`straw man`			`der Strohmann pl.: die Strohmänner`
				`straw man`			`die Vogelscheuche pl.: die Vogelscheuchen`
				`straw man`			`die Strohpuppe pl.: die Strohpuppen`
				`straw poll`			`die Probeabstimmung pl.: die Probeabstimmungen`
				`straw doll`			`die Strohpuppe pl.: die Strohpuppen`
				`straw fire`			`das Strohfeuer pl.: die Strohfeuer`
				`straw mat`			`die Strohmatte pl.: die Strohmatten`
				`straw vote`			`die Probeabstimmung pl.: die Probeabstimmungen`
				`straw hat`			`der Strohhut pl.: die Strohhüte`
				`straw hut`			`die Strohhütte pl.: die Strohhütten`
				`straw press`			`die Strohpresse pl.: die Strohpressen`

Adjectives / Adverbs
				`straw yellow`			`hellgelb`
				`straw yellow`			`strohgelb`
				`straw-colored^AE adj. straw-coloured^BE adj.`			`strohfarben`
				`straw-hatted adj.`			`mit Strohhut`
				`straw-hatted adj.`			`strohhütig`

Verbs
				`to clutch at straws`			`sich^acc. an einen Strohhalm klammern`
				`to get the short straw`			`die Arschkarte ziehen`

Prepositions / Pronouns
				`That's the last straw!`			`Jetzt reicht es mir aber!`

Phrases / Collocations
				`the last straw`			`der Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen bringt`
				`the straw that broke the camel's back`			`der Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen bringt`
				`A drowning man will clutch at a straw.`			`Ein Ertrinkender greift nach jedem Strohhalm.`
				`A drowning man will clutch at a straw.`			`Ein Ertrinkender klammert sich an jeden Strohhalm.`
				`A drowning man will catch at a straw.`			`Der Ertrinkende klammert sich an einen Strohhalm.`
				`A drowning man will catch at a straw.`			`Ein Ertrinkender greift nach jedem Strohhalm.`
				`The straw that breaks the camel's back.`			`Der Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen bringt.`
				`That's the last straw.`			`Das ist der Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen bringt.`
				`not worth a straw`			`keinen Pfifferling wert`
				`He doesn't care a straw.`			`Er kümmert sich keinen Deut darum.`
				`That was the last straw.`			`Da platzte mir der Kragen.`
				`to draw the short straw`			`den Kürzeren ziehen`
				`to draw the short straw`			`die Arschkarte ziehen [coll.] [vulg.]`
				`to grasp at straws [fig.]`			`sich^acc. an einen Strohhalm klammern [fig.]`
				`to clutch at straws [fig.]`			`sich^acc. an einen Strohhalm klammern [fig.]`

Examples
				`a man of straw`			`ein Strohmann`

Orthographically similar words
strap, strawy, stray, strew, stria, sutra, trawl	Strap, Stria, Sutra

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