EXCESS BAGGAGE

багаж сверх нормы

excess baggage: translation

► bags, cases, etc. that weigh more than the weight you are allowed to take onto a plane, or the extra money you have to pay for it to be taken: »

On the return trip we were charged $80 excess baggage.

Main Entry: ↑baggage

excess baggage UK US noun [U] (UK TRANSPORT

► bags that weigh more than the allowed amount for each passenger, or the money you are charged so they can be taken onto a plane: »

He was charged $40 for excess baggage.

Excess baggage: translation

   1) Fans of a certain combination or a particular star performer sometimes followed a show from town to town, traveling on the same trains and yet having no connection to the company, who referred to such people as "excess baggage."

   2) "Excess baggage"

   John McGowan's 1927 comedy of backstage life on a small-time vaudeville circuit opened 27 December 1927 at the Ritz and ran for 216 performances. The wife in the two-act feels that her part is no more than "excess baggage." A separation shows that she and her husband need each other. The play was noteworthy as the only popular success of the 11 shows that opened on that same night on Broadway.

1. 1) излишек багажа; багаж выше нормы

2) разг. обуза

2. предрассудки; устарелые понятия; препятствия на пути развития

• багаж, превышающий допустимую (разрешенную) норму

• багаж, превышающий норму