bridle

[US]/ˈbraɪdl/
[UK]/ˈbraɪdl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. en hovedbeklædning, hvormed en hest styres og kontrolleres, bestående af spændestropper og et bid
vt. at kontrollere eller styre med eller som om med en sadel
vi. at vise vrede eller utilfredshed ved at løfte hovedet
Word Forms
Present Participlebridling
Third Person Singularbridles
Past Tensebridled
Pluralbridles
Past Participlebridled

Example Sentences

Bridle is a harness.

Bridle er en seletøj.

put a bridle on spending.

sæt en begrænsning for forbruget.

She bridled at the indelicate suggestion.

Hun blev forarget over det upassende forslag.

she bridled at his tone.

Hun blev forarget over hans tone.

The dean bridled with anger at my request.

Dekanen blev vred over min anmodning.

It is the bridle and spur that makes a good horse.

Det er trensen og piskesmældet, der gør en hest god.

He bridled his horse.

Han satte hestens transe på.

He learned to bridle his temper.

Han lærte at holde sin temperament i tøjler.

the fact that he was their servant bridled his tongue.

det faktum, at han var deres tjener, lagde en dæmper på hans tale.

She tried with all her might to bridle her resentment.

Hun forsøgte med alle sine kræfter at holde sin vrede i tøjler.

His language is appallingly coarse sometimes.He might at least try to bridle his tongue in front of the children.

Hans sprog er nogle gange appallerede groft. Han bør i det mindste forsøge at holde sin tunge i tøjlen foran børnene.

The young Mongolian girl dropped her bridle and let the horse drink of the running water.

Den unge mongolske pige tabte sin transe og lod hesten drikke af det rindende vand.

the breadless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle , on a taxed road;

den brødløse unge mand administrerer sin beskattede hest, med en beskattet transe, på en beskattet vej;

There is yet some good in public envy, whereas in private, there is none. For public envy, is as an ostracism, that eclipseth men, when they grow too great. And therefore it is a bridle also to great ones, to keep them within bounds.

Der er stadig noget godt i offentlig misundelse, i modsætning til privat, hvor der ikke er noget. For offentlig misundelse er som et eksil, der formørker mænd, når de bliver for store. Og derfor er det også en tøjle for store, for at holde dem inden for rammerne.

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