heel1 [hi:l] samostalnik
peta, podpetnik; zadnje kopito; zadnja živalska noga; peta, ven moleč del predmeta (npr. držaj godala); spodnji del (jambora, gredi itd.)
ameriško , sleng baraba
heel of Achilles Ahilova peta
at (ali on, upon) s.o.'s heels komu za petami
down at (the) heel; ali out at heels ponošenih pet, figurativno oguljen, strgan, v slabih razmerah
to heel pri nogi (pes), figurativno ubogljivo, voljno
figurativno under the heel of pod peto, pod oblastjo
heels over head; ali head over heels na pete na glavo, na vrat na nos
the iron heel figurativno trda oblast, železna peta
by the heel and toe od vseh strani
from head to heels od glave do pete
neck and heels od nog do glave
ameriško heel of the hand peščaj
Z glagoli:
to be carried with the heels foremost biti odnesen s petami naprej, mrtev
to bring to heel upogniti koga
to come to heel priti k nogi (pes), figurativno zvesto slediti, ubogati
to have s.o. by the heels imeti koga v oblasti
to have the heels of prehiteti koga
to kick (ali cool) one's heels dolgo čakati, ameriško, sleng plesati
to kick (ali tip, turn) up one's heels umreti, pete iztegniti
not to know if one is on one's head or heels ne vedeti, kje se koga glava drži
to lay (ali clap) by the heels ujeti, zvezati, spraviti v zapor
my heart sank into my heels srce mi je padlo v hlače
to show a clean pair of heels pete pokazati, bežati
to take to one's heels pete odnesti, pobegniti
to tread on s.o.'s heels obesiti se komu na pete
to turn on one's heel zasukati se na peti