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writer's cramp
Pain in the fingers or hand caused by too much writing. Often used humorously to stress the idea that you have been doing a lot of writing.
By the time Mary finished her Christmas cards she complained of writer's cramp.
Holding your pencil too tightly for too long often gives you writer's cramp.
written in water
Недолговечный, преходящий.
His fame is written in water.
Его слава недолговечна.
x-rated
Pertaining to movies, magazines, and literature judged pornographic and therefore off limits for minors.
My son celebrated his 21st birthday by going to an x-rated movie.
x-raying machine
Speed detection device by radar used by the police.
The smokies are using the x-raying machine under the bridge!
yak-yak
yakety-yak
yakib-yak
Much talk about little things; talking all the time about unimportant things.
Tom sat behind two girls on the bus and he got tired of their silly yak-yak.
year-round
year-around
Usable, effective, or operating all the year.
Colorado is a year-round resort; there is fishing in the summer and skiing in the winter.
yellow journalism
Cheap and sensational newspaper writing; inflammatory language designed to stir up popular sentiment against another country.
Журналистика, специализирующаяся на сплетнях и скандалах; подстрекающий язык разработанный для разжигания популярных настроений против другой страны.
Yellow journalism is hardly ever truly informative.
Желтая пресса почти никогда не бывает по настоящему содержательной.
yellow rag
Бульварная газета; бульварный листок.
I will never understand why people read all those yellow rags!
Я никогда не пойму, зачем люди читают все эти бульварные газеты!