dirty

dirty
dirty
A adj
1 (messy, soiled) [face, clothing, dish, carpet, mark, nappy, car, street, beach] sale ; [work, job] salissant ; to get dirty se salir ; to get ou make sth dirty salir qch ; to get one's hands dirty fig mettre la main à la pâte ;
2 Med (not sterile) [needle] qui a déjà servi ; [wound] infecté ;
3 (obscene) [book, joke, idea, word] cochon/-onne ; [mind] mal tourné ; to have a dirty mind ne penser qu'à ça ;
4 (unhygienic, disgusting) [habit, child] sale ; you dirty pig ! cochon/-onne ! m/f ;
5 (dishonest) [contest, election, fighter, player] déloyal ; [cheat, liar, rascal] sale (before n) ; [lie] grossier/-ière ; you dirty rat! sale type ! ; that was a dirty trick c'était un sale coup ; it's a dirty business c'est une affaire louche ;
6 [colour] sale, terne ; dirty green/white vert/blanc sale or terne ;
7 (stormy) [weather, night] sale (before n).
B adv
1 (dishonestly) to play ou fight dirty donner des coups en traître ;
2 (obscenely) [talk] grossièrement ; to think dirty avoir des pensées obscènes ;
3 (as intensifier) a dirty great dog un chien vachement gros.
C vtr lit, fig salir [carpet, nappy] ; to dirty one's hands doing fig se salir les mains en faisant.
Idioms
his name seems to be a dirty word around here son nom semble être un mot tabou ici ; to do the dirty on faire une crasse à ; to give sb a dirty look regarder qn d'un sale œil ; to send sb to do one's dirty work faire faire le sale boulot à qn ; do your own dirty work ! fais ton sale boulot toi-même.

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