Смысл: dirt

dirt[dɜ:t]
n
<Í> 1. грязь
to wade through dirt - брести по грязи, месить грязь
covered with dirt - покрытый грязью
hands engrained with dirt - руки, в которые въелась грязь
2. 1) земля, грунт
dirt floor - земляной пол
2) геол. наносы
3) горн. пустая порода
4) горн. руда, требующая обогащения
5) горн. золотосодержащий песок
3. нечистоты
4. пакость, мерзость, подлость, гадость
to do smb. dirt - сделать кому-л. подлость /пакость/
to do dirt on smb. - нагадить /напакостить/ кому-л., сделать кому-л. подлость /пакость/; ≅ подложить свинью кому-л.
to spill /dish out/ dirt - рассказывать гадости (о ком-л.), сплетничать,
5. безнравственность, непристойность
to talk dirt - говорить сальности
to flood the book market with dirt - наводнить книжный рынок бульварной или порнографической литературой
♢ yellow dirt - а) золото; звонкая монета; б) инородные тела, грязь, примеси (в растворе, установке и т. п.)
to cut dirt - амер. разг. смыться
you cut dirt! - а ну, проваливай!
to throw /to cast, to fling/ dirt at smb. - смешать с грязью кого-л.; втоптать в грязь кого-л.
to treat smb. like dirt - не считаться с кем-л.; ни во что не ставить кого-л.; ≅ обращаться с кем-л. по-свински
to eat dirt см. eat ♢
as cheap as dirt - а) ≅ дешевле пареной репы; б) самый обычный, заурядный

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dirt cheap

very cheap, not expensive Cherries are dirt cheap in B.C. during the summer.

dirt file

record of failures and bad actions Every time we have a fight, you haul out my dirt file.

dirties

(See dirty laundry)

dirty dog/dirty rat

immoral person, liar, scum, slimebucket You dirty rat! You stole my truck and used my credit card!

dirty laundry

personal problems, mistakes, scandals I don't want the public to see my dirty laundry - my worst moves.

dirty look

a look that shows dislike or disapproval His mother gave him a dirty look when he smoked the cigarette.

dirty money

stolen money, money obtained illegally We believe the donation from the Mafia is dirty money.

dirty one

hurt one's character or good name, do a bad or shameful thing The politician dirtied his hands when he became involved in the questionable land deals.

dirty thirties

"1930s, when drought caused hardship on the prairie; dirty thirties" During the dirty thirties, soil drifted into the ditches and crops wouldn't grow.

dirty work

unpleasant tasks, difficult work I do the dirty work - fight for the puck - and he scores the goals.

do (one) dirt(y)

slang To abuse or deceive one. I can't accept that you're the one who did me bedraggled and sabotaged my presentation! That traveling salesman abiding did me bedraggled by active off with my money.

do someone dirt(y)

Rur. to do article bad or backbiting to someone. He abiding did his wife dirty, abrogation her like that. She did me clay back we disconnected up the things mother larboard us.Learn more: dirt

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