dab hand
an expert
TRANSLATION
dab hand = der Fachmann --- GOOGLE INDEX dab hand: approximately 83,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
If you're not a DAB HAND with a mortar and pestle, use a coffee grinder for grinding spices.
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Queen Rania of Jordan is already a DAB HAND at Facebook and uploading videos onto YouTube.
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Queen Rania of Jordan is already a DAB HAND at Facebook and uploading videos onto YouTube.
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dab hand (chiefly British)
noun phrase
- someone who is very good at a particular activity
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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A dab hand in the kitchen
An efficiency expert was giving a lecture to a group of managers, mainly men. He concluded his lecture with a note of caution. "Don't try these techniques at home."
"Why not?" asked somebody from the audience.
"I watched my wife's routine at breakfast for years," the expert explained. "She made lots of trips between the refrigerator, stove, table and cabinets, often carrying a single item at a time. One day I told her, "You're wasting too much time. Why don't you try carrying several things at once?"
"Did it save time?" the man in the audience asked.
"Actually, yes," replied the expert. "It used to take her 20 minutes to make breakfast. Now I do it in ten."
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SYNONYMS
expert, ace, specialist, pro, whiz, hot shot
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"He's a dab hand with anything mechanical."
noun phrase
- someone who is very good at a particular activity
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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A dab hand in the kitchen
An efficiency expert was giving a lecture to a group of managers, mainly men. He concluded his lecture with a note of caution. "Don't try these techniques at home."
"Why not?" asked somebody from the audience.
"I watched my wife's routine at breakfast for years," the expert explained. "She made lots of trips between the refrigerator, stove, table and cabinets, often carrying a single item at a time. One day I told her, "You're wasting too much time. Why don't you try carrying several things at once?"
"Did it save time?" the man in the audience asked.
"Actually, yes," replied the expert. "It used to take her 20 minutes to make breakfast. Now I do it in ten."
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SYNONYMS
expert, ace, specialist, pro, whiz, hot shot
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"He's a dab hand with anything mechanical."
