bother
suomi-englanti sanakirjabother englannista suomeksi
vaivautua
ahdistaa
häiritä
hankaluus, vaiva
harmi
vaivata
Verbi
Substantiivi
bother englanniksi
(syn)
(ux)
To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
(RQ:James American)
To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
*{{quote-book
''There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.''
(quote-journal)|date=18 January 2015|passage=It was a 15-minute return trip to walk back home to pick up my device, but I weighed it up and decided that it wasn’t worth the bother.
''Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother.''
A mild expression of annoyance.
(quote-book)|publisher=Wordsworth Classics|location=London|year_published=1993|page=11|passage=He suddenly flung down his brush on the floor, said "Bother!" and "Oh blow!" and also "Hang spring-cleaning!" and bolted out of the house without even waiting to put on his coat.
1926, A A Milne, ''Winnie the Pooh'', Methuen & Co., Ltd., Chapter 2 ''...in which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place'':
- "Oh, help!" said Pooh. "I'd better go back."
- "Oh, bother!" said Pooh. "I shall have to go on."
- "I can't do either!" said Pooh. "Oh, help and bother!"