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Fast and loose — Fast Fast, a. [Compar.
Fast and loose — Loose Loose (l[=oo]s), a. [Compar.
Fast and Loose — may refer to:Fast and Loose (con game) a cheating game sometimes known as The Strap Fast and Loose (film) a 1930 romatic comedy starring Miriam Hopkins and Carole Lombard Fast and Loose (1939 film) a 1939 detective comedy starring Robert… … Wikipedia
fast and loose — described as a cheating game played with a stick and a belt or string, so arranged that a spectator would think he could make the latter fast by placing a stick through its intricate folds, whereas the operator could detach it at once. [James O.… … Etymology dictionary
fast-and-loose — fastˈ and looseˈ noun A cheating game practised at fairs, the dupe being invited to put a stick in the loop of a coiled belt so that it cannot be pulled away (also called prick the garter) • • • Main Entry: ↑fast … Useful english dictionary
fast and loose — index variable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
fast and loose — adverb : recklessly, irresponsibly : in a craftily deceitful way formerly used in the phrase to play at fast and loose; now usually used in the phrase to play fast and loose playing fast and loose with concepts of right and wrong to justify our… … Useful english dictionary
fast and loose — adverb Date: 1580 1. in a reckless or irresponsible manner 2. in a craftily deceitful way … New Collegiate Dictionary
fast and loose — Irresponsible; deceitful. ► “ In Asia, there is the potentially explosive combination of investmentbank salesmen from the financial capitals of the West playing fast and loose and their inexperienced Asian counterparts. The financial fire they… … American business jargon
fast and loose — Synonyms and related words: adrift, afloat, alternating, amorphous, capricious, changeable, changeful, desultory, deviable, dizzy, eccentric, erratic, fickle, fitful, flickering, flighty, flitting, fluctuating, freakish, giddy, impetuous,… … Moby Thesaurus
fast and loose — 1. Variable, inconstant, fickle, uncertain. 2. Slippery, unreliable, tricky, shuffling, evasive, fencing, hedging … New dictionary of synonyms
Перевод fast and loose
Fast and loose — Fast Fast, a. [Compar.
Fast and loose — Loose Loose (l[=oo]s), a. [Compar.
Fast and Loose — may refer to:Fast and Loose (con game) a cheating game sometimes known as The Strap Fast and Loose (film) a 1930 romatic comedy starring Miriam Hopkins and Carole Lombard Fast and Loose (1939 film) a 1939 detective comedy starring Robert… … Wikipedia
fast and loose — described as a cheating game played with a stick and a belt or string, so arranged that a spectator would think he could make the latter fast by placing a stick through its intricate folds, whereas the operator could detach it at once. [James O.… … Etymology dictionary
fast-and-loose — fastˈ and looseˈ noun A cheating game practised at fairs, the dupe being invited to put a stick in the loop of a coiled belt so that it cannot be pulled away (also called prick the garter) • • • Main Entry: ↑fast … Useful english dictionary
fast and loose — index variable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
fast and loose — adverb : recklessly, irresponsibly : in a craftily deceitful way formerly used in the phrase to play at fast and loose; now usually used in the phrase to play fast and loose playing fast and loose with concepts of right and wrong to justify our… … Useful english dictionary
fast and loose — adverb Date: 1580 1. in a reckless or irresponsible manner 2. in a craftily deceitful way … New Collegiate Dictionary
fast and loose — Irresponsible; deceitful. ► “ In Asia, there is the potentially explosive combination of investmentbank salesmen from the financial capitals of the West playing fast and loose and their inexperienced Asian counterparts. The financial fire they… … American business jargon
fast and loose — Synonyms and related words: adrift, afloat, alternating, amorphous, capricious, changeable, changeful, desultory, deviable, dizzy, eccentric, erratic, fickle, fitful, flickering, flighty, flitting, fluctuating, freakish, giddy, impetuous,… … Moby Thesaurus
fast and loose — 1. Variable, inconstant, fickle, uncertain. 2. Slippery, unreliable, tricky, shuffling, evasive, fencing, hedging … New dictionary of synonyms
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play fast and loose — 1. (from the cheating game) to be unreliable or shifty 2. To behave without sense of moral obligation 3. To trifle (with with) • • • Main Entry: ↑fast play fast and loose To act in a shifty, inconsistent, and reckless fashion • • • Main Entry:… … Useful english dictionary
play fast and loose — If people play fast and loose, they behave in an irresponsible way and don t respect rules, etc … The small dictionary of idiomes
play fast and loose — ► play fast and loose behave irresponsibly or immorally. Main Entry: ↑play … English terms dictionary
play fast and loose — Meaning Origin From Shakespeare s King John. KING PHILIP: Good reverend father, make my person yours, And tell me how you would bestow yourself. This royal hand and mine are newly knit, And the conjunction of our inward souls Married in league,… … Meaning and origin of phrases
play fast and loose — verb a) To ignore proper behavior or social conventions, especially when it suits ones purpose. I cannot say that the there were any outright lies in the editorial, but it does play fast and loose with the truth. b) To be recklessly inaccurate,… … Wiktionary
play fast and loose — If people play fast and loose, they behave in an irresponsible way and don t respect rules, etc. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
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play\ fast\ and\ loose — v. phr. To do as you please without caring what will happen to other people; act so carelessly or unfairly that people cannot depend on you; be very unreliable. He played fast and loose with the girl s affections. He played fast and loose with… … Словарь американских идиом
play fast and loose — behave irresponsibly or immorally. → play … English new terms dictionary
play fast and loose — act recklessly, act rashly, act hastily without thinking ahead … English contemporary dictionary