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

sponge down, sponge off VB trans to sponge down ⇄ sth

sponge

z gobo kaj pobrisati

to sponge down ⇄ sb

z gobo koga umiti

Usage examples with sponge off

to sponge cigarettes/lunch/money off of sb

nažicati cigarete/kosilo/denar od koga

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

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 we can sponge off oatmeal spills?

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Wipe them down, sponge off any marks and when dry, store them in plastic in the loft or somewhere they won't be found by mice or get damp.

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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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It suits him perfectly to sponge off her and sometimes other people, yet he can not be bothered to lift a finger to help or to clean his own apartment.

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

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Don't sponge off people excessively.

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A dolphin breaks a marine sponge off the sea floor and wears it over its rostrum, apparently to probe substrates for fish, possibly as a tool or simply for play.

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Does he rent and what are the costs or does he sponge off his parents?

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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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