stool

stool
noun
Hocker, der

fall between two stools — (fig.) sich zwischen zwei Stühle setzen

* * *
[stu:l]
noun
(a seat without a back: a piano-stool; a kitchen stool.) der Hocker
- academic.ru/116067/fall_between_two_stools">fall between two stools
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stool
[stu:l]
I. n
1. (seat) Hocker m
bar \stool Barhocker m
kitchen \stool Küchenschemel m
piano \stool Klavierstuhl m
three-legged \stool dreibeiniger Schemel [o Hocker
2. (faeces) Stuhl m, Kot m
\stool sample Stuhlprobe f
to pass \stools Stuhlgang haben
3. BOT, HORT Wurzelstock m
4. AM HUNT Lockvogel m
5.
to fall between two \stools BRIT sich akk zwischen zwei Stühle setzen
II. vi tree, plant treiben
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[stuːl]
n
1) (= seat) Hocker m; (= milking stool) Schemel m; (folding) Stuhl m

to fall between two stools — sich zwischen zwei Stühle setzen

2) (ESP MED: faeces) Stuhl m
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stool [stuːl]
A s
1. (Bar-, Klavier- etc) Hocker m, (Klavier- etc) Stuhl m, (-)Schemel m:
fall between two stools fig sich zwischen zwei Stühle setzen
2. Nachtstuhl m
3. PHYSIOL Stuhl m:
a) Kot m
b) Stuhlgang m:
go to stool Stuhlgang haben
4. BOT
a) (Wurzel)Schössling(e) m(pl)
b) Wurzelstock m
c) Baumstumpf m (der Wurzelschösslinge treibt)
5. JAGD besonders US Lockvogel m
B v/i
1. BOT Schösslinge treiben
2. besonders US sl spitzeln
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noun
Hocker, der

fall between two stools — (fig.) sich zwischen zwei Stühle setzen

* * *
(faeces) n.
Stuhl ¨-e (Fäkalien) m. n.
Hocker - m.
Schemel - m.

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