I'm queer for a beer right now — Я бы сейчас с огромным удовольствием выпил пива
She's queer for him because of his money — Он ей нужен только ради денег
Новый англо-русский словарь современной разговорной лексики. - М.:«Русский язык-Медиа» . Глазунов С.А. . 2003.
queer for something — mod. in the mood for something; desiring something. □ I’m queer for a beer right now. □ She’s queer for him because of his money … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Queer — has traditionally meant odd or unusual, but is now also used to refer to anyone who is not heteronormative. Its use in reference to LGBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex) communities as well as those perceived to be members of those … Wikipedia
queer´ly — queer «kwihr», adjective, noun, verb. –adj. 1. not usual or normal; strange; odd; peculiar: »a queer way to repay a favor. That was a queer remark for her to make. The old three cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer! (Oliver… … Useful english dictionary
queer someone's pitch — queer (someone s) pitch British & Australian to spoil someone s chances of doing something. She queered my pitch by asking for promotion before I did … New idioms dictionary
queer pitch — queer (someone s) pitch British & Australian to spoil someone s chances of doing something. She queered my pitch by asking for promotion before I did … New idioms dictionary
Queer — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Queer (homonymie). Queer est, à la base, un mot anglais signifiant « étrange », « peu commun », souvent utilisé comme insulte envers des individus gays, lesbiennes, transsexuels… Par ironie et … Wikipédia en Français
queer — queer1 [kwıə US kwır] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from German quer going across ] 1.) taboo an offensive word used to describe someone who is ↑homosexual, especially a man. Do not use this word. 2.) old fashioned strange or difficult to … Dictionary of contemporary English
queer — 1 adjective 1 old fashioned strange or difficult to explain: This orange tastes queer. | She gave a queer laugh. 2 informal a word meaning homosexual, considered offensive when used by people who are not homosexual 3 BrE ill or sick: I m feeling… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
queer — [[t]kwɪər[/t]] adj. queer•er, queer•est, v. n. adj. 1) strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; eccentric 2) of a questionable nature or character; suspicious; shady: something queer in the wording of the document[/ex]… … From formal English to slang
queer — 1. drunk Originally, not in your normal state of health, and still occasionally used of a drunkard, with a suggestion that his condition may have been caused by something else. The meaning to make drunk is obsolete: Queered in the… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note Queer — by William S. Burroughs (1985) Queer is a transitional novel between the hardboiled prose of junky and the “routines” of naked lunch. Queer can be used as an alternative to Junky, the text used for the junk paradigm as a blueprint for… … Encyclopedia of Beat Literature
