Translation for "darning needles" to spanish
Darning needles
noun
Translation examples
(Probably skillful with the darning needle.)
(Probablemente tenga habilidad para usar la aguja de zurcir).
His palm was scored with the mark of the darning needle.
Su palma estaba marcada por la aguja de zurcir.
She had done it so often, the darning-needle stunt, that she was an adept at it.
Lo había aplicado con tanta frecuencia, el truco de la aguja de zurcir, que era una adepta.
Another speared his cheek like a darning needle. Another smacked through his chin.
Un cuarto le atravesó la mejilla como una aguja de zurcir y un quinto se le clavó en la barbilla.
Miss Heliotrope, darning needle in hand, turned from the mending of her curtains. "Some woman," she said.
La señorita Heliotropo, con la aguja de zurcir en la mano, dejó su labor por un momento. —Una mujer —contestó—.
Before I could worry further, Françoise returned with something that looked like a darning needle, her mouth bristling with pins.
Antes de que me diera tiempo a preocuparme más, Françoise regresó con algo que parecía una aguja de zurcir y la boca llena de alfileres.
Having them there together made me feel as if a threaded darning needle was quietly drawing the different parts of my life together.
Tenerlas allí juntas me hizo sentir como si una aguja de zurcir enhebrada estuviera uniendo discretamente las diferentes partes de mi vida.
I became very upset thinking about money and jabbed my thumb with the darning needle, leaving a big drop of blood on Master Dallet’s brown stocking.
Me solivianté mucho al pensar en el dinero y me pinché el dedo con la aguja de zurcir, lo que provocó que una gota de sangre cayera sobre el calcetín marrón de maese Dallet.
Six, seven years on this earth, he is prey of big kids—Negro, Irish, Italian—who swoop, hover, sting, invisible as darning needles; of cops;
Con sus seis, siete años en este mundo, es presa de chicos mayores —negros, irlandeses, italianos— que se abaten, se ciernen, pican, invisibles como agujas de zurcir; de policías;
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