fire-breathing

fire-breathing englanniksi

1. That expels fire from the mouth and nostrils.

(collocation)

2. (quote-book)|title=(w)|publisher=Henry Cryps|chapter=|location=Oxford|page=548|passage=''Medea'' for the loue of ''Iaſon'', taught him how to tame the fire breathing braſſ feeted Bulls, and kill the mighty dragon that kept the golden fleece.

3. (quote-book)|title=The Medieval Myths|publisher=The New American Library|chapter=Beowulf|location=New York|page=42|passage=No man could shake a finger at Beowulf. All the days of his life he had sought the path of right, escaped traps, killed foes, and ruled fairly. Now it was time for him to stand up to the fire-breathing worm.

4. (quote-book)|title=(w)|publisher=Faber and Faber|chapter=|location=London|page=84|passage=Then the bane of that people, the fire-breathing dragon,was mad to attack for a third time.

5. That emits or belches forth fire.

6. {{quote-book|1=en|year=1706|author=Charles Johnson|title=Ramelies: A Poem

7. caustic, vitriolic or scathing.