
dirty
(=mucky)
[surface, object, face] sale
→ He wiped his dirty face with his arm.
to get dirty se salir
to get sth dirty salir qch
to wash one's dirty linen in public, to wash one's dirty laundry in public laver son linge sale en public
to do someone's dirty work faire le sale boulot * de qn
(=rude)
[idea, word] obscène
[joke, book] cochon (ne) *
→ Dirty books were banned from the house.
dirty story histoire f cochonne
that's a dirty word in this house! (subject not to be raised)
c'est un tabou dans cette maison!
→ His name is a dirty word around here
(=nasty) sale
dirty trick sale tour m
a dirty tricks campaign une campagne de diffamation
→ He was the victim of a dirty tricks campaign.
to give sb a dirty look regarder qn d'un sale œil
a dirty war une guerre sale
→ This decade has seen a protracted, dirty war in eastern Turkey
→ the secret underworld of Britain's "dirty war" in Northern Ireland
vt salir
→ The dog's hairs might dirty the seats.
adv to play dirty faire un coup en traître to fight dirty donner des coups en traître
dirty bomb
n bombe f sale
dirty-minded
adj
to be dirty-minded avoir l'esprit mal tourné
dirty-minded kids des gamins à l'esprit mal tourné
→ The people who make these movies must be really dirty-minded
dirty old man *
n vieux cochon * m
dirty weekend *
n week-end m coquin
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