dregs in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for dregs in the English»French Dictionary

dregs [Brit drɛɡz, Am drɛɡz] N npl

1. dregs:

dregs (of wine)

lie f

dregs (of coffee)

marc m

(last drops) she threw away the dregs of the tea

elle a jeté le thé qui restait dans la tasse

to drink sth (down) to the dregs

boire qc jusqu'à la lie

2. dregs fig:

the dregs of society/humanity pej

la lie de la société/l'humanité pej

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lie

dregs pl

lie de vin

wine dregs ou lees

lie

dregs pl (de of)

bas-fonds (de société)

dregs (of society)

rincette

drop of liqueur (mixed with the dregs in one's coffee cup)

les déchets de la société

the dregs of society

le rebut de la société fig

the dregs of society

dregs in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for dregs in the English»French Dictionary

dregs [dregz] N

dregs pl a. fig:

dregs

lie f

Translations for dregs in the French»English Dictionary

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bas-fond d'une société

dregs

marc de café/thé

coffee/tea dregs

le(s) rebut(s) de la société

the dregs of society

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Some female admirers would even carry glass phials into which they poured his coffee dregs.

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Consensus, an example of the dregs to which cinema has been reduced.

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Many years later, he described the teachers as the dregs of humanity and complained that the instruction was mainly in religion.

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In all the time he has been playing football he has yet to taste the unpalatable dregs of defeat...

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Most of his associates, however, deserve their place among society's dregs and seem very much at home in the depths.

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Secondly the staff who work there are low-waged dregs who are being ripped off.

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They are taken from the dregs of society, often uneducated and criminal.

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Call a woodcutter, tip the gourd and drink the dregs of cloud-pale grog.

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I vaguely remember seeing the dregs of pills in the bottom of my cup and getting sick, passing out.

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That is because we think that it is better to lie in the grave honourably than stay alive like the dregs of the society.

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