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⇒ lie in wait for; lay for | |||
затаиться, подстерегая жертву, добычу (He was lying in wait. ART Vancouver); быть в засаде; находиться в засаде; залечь (притаиться В.И.Макаров); залегать; залечь (Andrey Truhachev); поджидать (This person was hiding behind a wall, as if he were lying in wait for someone Taras); подстерегать (Taras); устроить засаду | |||
выжидать в засаде; лежать в засаде (Andrey Truhachev) | |||
притаиться (When I'm walking alone at night, I'm always worried that attackers are just lying in wait in the shadows. 4uzhoj); выжидать (The opposition was quietly lying in wait for the incumbent to make his first big mistake. • Agents for the anti-money sector have lain in wait for months to see if the corporation would fall for their new sting operation. 4uzhoj) |
lie in wait: 24 Phrasen in 6 Thematiken |
Allgemeine Lexik | 16 |
Fischzucht | 1 |
Mathematik | 1 |
Seltener Ausdruck | 2 |
Umgangssprachlich | 2 |
Veraltet | 2 |