Was heißt »Pflock« auf Englisch?

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

„Wenn es nach mir ginge“, donnerte Scrooge, „so müsste jeder Narr, der herumläuft und dabei ‚Fröhliche Weihnachten!‘ trällert, fürwahr mit dem eigenen Pudding gekocht und mit einem Pflock vom Christusdorn durchs Herz begraben werden!“

"If I could work my will," said Scrooge indignantly, "every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' upon his lips should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. He should!"

Synonyme

Dol­le:

oarlock

rowlock

thole

tholepin

Pfahl:

post

Pfei­ler:

pillar

Zap­fen:

bung

plug

Englische Beispielsätze

• Our prestige is at stake.

• He broke the clothes peg by treading on it.

• The cat likes playing with that blue clothes peg.

• Pass me a clothes peg, please.

• Pass me a peg, please.

• Is there another clothes peg in the basket?

• Is there another peg in the basket?

• There's only one peg left. What are you going to hang the rest of the washing out with?

• There's one clothes peg hanging on the line.

• Pass me a peg.

• Pass me a clothes peg.

• There's too much at stake for me to not care anymore.

• No one has anything tailored these days; everything is bought off the peg.

• Hand me a clothes peg.

• You can't fit a square peg in a round hole.

• You can't fit a square peg into a round hole.

• Our family honour is at stake.

• Our family honor is at stake.

• His life is at stake.

• Our life is at stake.