英语词组down-and-dirty是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

idiomdown-and-dirty AmEAmE1 slang used about a competition, argument, fight etc in which people say or do nasty, unfair, or dishonest things in order to defeat someone or get an advantage over them :The down-and-dirty Texas Governor's race has occupied the media's attention for the last six months. What will they do now? The race for the National League West pennant is getting down-and-dirty, with the Padres and Dodgers continuing their mud wrestle for first place.2 used about a way of behaving, performing, working etc that people admire because it is full of energy, confidence, and strong basic emotions:The first track on the album is a down-and-dirty country-blues treatment of 'That's all right Mama', a song that was a hit for Elvis in 1956.The main characters in the movie are Spoon and Stretch, two likeable, witty drug addicts trying to clean themselves up in the down-and-dirty inner city.

down and dirty

1. Vicious or ruthless. Once this campaign gets down and dirty, be prepared for the opposition to start verbally attacking your family members.

2. Uninhibited, especially sexually. Are you really surprised that he cheated on you? He gets down and dirty with every girl that comes in this place!

down and dirty

1. crude and carelessly done. (Used as an attributive.) The last time he painted the kitchen, it was a down and dirty job because he thought we were moving. Fig. coarse; mean-spirited. The campaign for governor really got down and dirty in the final week.

down and dirty

1. Vicious, not governed by rules of decency, as in The candidates are getting down and dirty early in the campaign. [Slang; early 1980s]

2. Very earthy, uninhibitedly sexual. For example, "L.A. club people rarely get down and dirty on a dance floor" ( The New Yorker, May 21, 1990). [Late 1980s]

down and dirty

mainly AMERICAN

1. If you describe a person or their behaviour as down and dirty, you mean that they behave in an unpleasant or dishonest way. If the President gets down and dirty, the Governor will give as good as he gets. Did this campaign get down and dirty?

2. Something that is down and dirty is shocking and direct but often enjoyable. Get down and dirty with Sandra Bernhard who comes to Britain with her one-woman show, Giving Till It Hurts. Adam and his dad turned me onto the real down-and-dirty stuff like Otis Clay, William Bell and Albert King.

down and dirty

1 unprincipled; unpleasant. 2 energetically earthy, direct, or sexually explicit. North American informal

down and dirty

Unfair, vicious; also, coarse, explicit about unpleasant matters. The first usage of this colloquialism dates from the mid-1900s, as in “The neighbors were furious about the new ordinance and waged a real down and dirty fight.” The second surfaced a decade or two later, as in the film entitled Down and Dirty (1976), a black comedy about a depraved family whose interests include adultery, murder, revenge, and incest.

词组	down-and-dirty
释义	Idiom down-and-dirty Theme: DECEPTION sneaky, unfair, lowdown, and nasty. (Slang. Fixed order.) The boys played a real down-and-dirty trick on the teacher.A political campaign provides a lot of down-and-dirty speeches that only confuse the voters. Idiom down-and-dirty 1. down-and-dirty behaviour is not pleasant or honest. He ran a down-and-dirty political campaign. 2. something that is down-and-dirty is shocking, often because it is connected with sex. He likes his films down-and-dirty. idiomdown-and-dirty AmEAmE1 slang used about a competition, argument, fight etc in which people say or do nasty, unfair, or dishonest things in order to defeat someone or get an advantage over them :The down-and-dirty Texas Governor's race has occupied the media's attention for the last six months. What will they do now? The race for the National League West pennant is getting down-and-dirty, with the Padres and Dodgers continuing their mud wrestle for first place.2 used about a way of behaving, performing, working etc that people admire because it is full of energy, confidence, and strong basic emotions:The first track on the album is a down-and-dirty country-blues treatment of 'That's all right Mama', a song that was a hit for Elvis in 1956.The main characters in the movie are Spoon and Stretch, two likeable, witty drug addicts trying to clean themselves up in the down-and-dirty inner city. (redirected from down-and-dirty) down and dirty 1. Vicious or ruthless. Once this campaign gets down and dirty, be prepared for the opposition to start verbally attacking your family members. 2. Uninhibited, especially sexually. Are you really surprised that he cheated on you? He gets down and dirty with every girl that comes in this place! down and dirty 1. crude and carelessly done. (Used as an attributive.) The last time he painted the kitchen, it was a down and dirty job because he thought we were moving. Fig. coarse; mean-spirited. The campaign for governor really got down and dirty in the final week. down and dirty 1. Vicious, not governed by rules of decency, as in The candidates are getting down and dirty early in the campaign. [Slang; early 1980s] 2. Very earthy, uninhibitedly sexual. For example, "L.A. club people rarely get down and dirty on a dance floor" ( The New Yorker, May 21, 1990). [Late 1980s] down and dirty mainly AMERICAN 1. If you describe a person or their behaviour as down and dirty, you mean that they behave in an unpleasant or dishonest way. If the President gets down and dirty, the Governor will give as good as he gets. Did this campaign get down and dirty? 2. Something that is down and dirty is shocking and direct but often enjoyable. Get down and dirty with Sandra Bernhard who comes to Britain with her one-woman show, Giving Till It Hurts. Adam and his dad turned me onto the real down-and-dirty stuff like Otis Clay, William Bell and Albert King. down and dirty 1 unprincipled; unpleasant. 2 energetically earthy, direct, or sexually explicit. North American informal down and dirty Unfair, vicious; also, coarse, explicit about unpleasant matters. The first usage of this colloquialism dates from the mid-1900s, as in “The neighbors were furious about the new ordinance and waged a real down and dirty fight.” The second surfaced a decade or two later, as in the film entitled Down and Dirty (1976), a black comedy about a depraved family whose interests include adultery, murder, revenge, and incest.
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