- Legree, Simon
- [lǝgˊri:] [ˊsaɪmǝn] Легри, Симон, жестокий надсмотрщик над рабами в повести Гарриет Бичер-Стоу [*Beecher Stowe, Harriet] «Хижина дяди Тома» [*‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’, 1852]
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Legree, Simon
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Legree — Simon see SIMON LEGREE n … English World dictionary
Simon Legree — [lə grē′] n. 1. the villainous slave overseer in H. B. Stowe s Uncle Tom s Cabin 2. [occas.s l ] any cruel taskmaster … English World dictionary
Simon Le|gree — «lih GREE», a harsh, cruel, or demanding person in authority, such as an employer or officer that is this way. ╂[< Simon Legree, a brutal slave overseer in Harriet Beecher Stowe s Uncle Tom s Cabin] … Useful english dictionary
Simon Legree — {n.}, {informal} A strict person, especially a boss, who makes others work very hard. * /Don t talk on the job; the boss is a real Simon Legree./ * /Everybody avoids the foreman. He acts like a Simon Legree./ … Dictionary of American idioms
Simon Legree — {n.}, {informal} A strict person, especially a boss, who makes others work very hard. * /Don t talk on the job; the boss is a real Simon Legree./ * /Everybody avoids the foreman. He acts like a Simon Legree./ … Dictionary of American idioms
Simon\ Legree — noun informal A strict person, especially a boss, who makes others work very hard. Don t talk on the job; the boss is a real Simon Legree. Everybody avoids the foreman. He acts like a Simon Legree … Словарь американских идиом
Simon Legree — [“saiman ls gri] n. a very hard taskmaster; a hard boss. (From the name of the slave driver in Uncle Tom’s Cabin.) □ She’s a regular Simon Legree. □ Ask Simon Legree if I will be able to stop work and go home for breakfast now … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Legree, Massa — A transferred name in The Middle Man, by David Chandler. A man says to a woman: ‘Don’t ever try to see my wife again.’ We are told that the woman to whom this was addressed ‘pretended to cower’. She then replies: ‘Yassuh, Massa Legree, Ah sho… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
Legree — /li gree /, n. Simon. See Simon Legree. * * * … Universalium
Simon Legree — /li gree / 1. the brutal slave dealer in Uncle Tom s Cabin. 2. any harsh, merciless master: Our math teacher is a Simon Legree. * * * … Universalium
Legree — Le•gree [[t]lɪˈgri[/t]] n. lit. Simon Simon Legree … From formal English to slang
