the seamy/seamier side (of something)
the seamy/seamier side (of something)
The aspects of something that are unpleasant, immoral, corrupt, or degrading. It was in the private donors' club after the fundraising dinner that we saw its seamier side, as the billionaires and corporate tycoons who claim to do so much good for the world engaged in all manner of illicit activity. The film is set in the seamy side of Hollywood in the early 1950s.
See also: seamy, side
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
seamy side
The sordid or base aspect of something, as in This nightclub certainly shows you the seamy side of the community. This term refers to the wrong side of a garment, revealing the stitched seams. Shakespeare used it figuratively in Othello (4:2): "That turn'd your wit the seamy side without."
See also: seamy, side
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
the ˈseamy side (of life, etc.)
the unpleasant, dishonest or immoral aspects (of life, etc.): It’s well known that the world of entertainment has its seamy side: drug abuse, corruption, alcoholism...See also: seamy, side
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- seamy side
- the seamy side
- it's no crime to (do something)
- come to a bad end
- come to a bad/sticky end
- sleaze
- sleaze factor
- the nearer the church, the farther from God
- nearer the church, the farther from God
- bent