Translations for „sponge off“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

sponge down, sponge off VB trans

sponge down

ścierać [perf zetrzeć] gąbką

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Don't sponge off people excessively.

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So we can sponge off oatmeal spills?

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If someone were to stereotype them all as useless losers who sponge off society on welfare, break into our homes and steal from us, there would be an outcry.

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She shuns work and prefers to sponge off others.

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Although he is penniless, his deception gets him invited to high-society parties, where he can sponge off the guests and gorge himself on the food.

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Assuming you're a taxpayer, this means you're not only paying the benefits officer to turn up, you're also bribing teenagers to learn how to sponge off the state.

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So why do greedy wives still sponge off their ex-husbands?

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They are the sponge off mommy and daddy generation.

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He could sponge off her comfortably forever, but he's committed, somewhat glumly, to assuring his self-sufficiency.

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Parents lose the respect and reverence of their children when they allow them to sponge off of them well into their adulthood.

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