Meaning: dirt

dɜːt
n.
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rockthe state of being covered with unclean thingsobscene terms for fecesdisgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
adj.
(of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel

drag someone or something through the dirt Idiom, Proverb

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.

drag (someone or something) through the dirt

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drag addition or article through the clay (or mud)

accomplish damaging allegations about addition or something. 1998 Economist The agent prime minister…is accepting his name abject through the mud. Learn more: dirt, drag, someone, something, through

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