Translations for „dregs“ in the English » German Dictionary

dregs [dregz] N pl

1. dregs (drink sediment):

dregs

[Boden]satz m kein pl

dregs of coffee

Kaffeesatz m kein pl

to the dregs

bis auf den letzten Tropfen

to the dregs

bis zur Neige form

2. dregs pej (worst part):

dregs

Abschaum m kein pl pej

the dregs of society

der Abschaum der Gesellschaft

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the dregs of society

der Abschaum der Gesellschaft

to the dregs

bis auf den letzten Tropfen

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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Abstract purity and defilement are also expressed in water-terms of "qing" clarity; standing water that is lucid to the bottom and "zi" dregs; sediments; defilements.

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

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One custom that may be disturbing to the visitor's notions of hygiene is that of pouring the dregs of each cup back into the "kumis" storage container.

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In medieval cosmology, the sump was the center of the cosmos, where the dregs and filth descended, with the celestial sphere far exalted above the world of fallen man.

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For some time after the dregs of those demons were resurrected.

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Denser, dirtier and cheaper than coal, petcoke is the dregs of tar-sands refining.

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He inherited a team that had been among the dregs of the league for four years, having lost 50 games or more in every season during that time.

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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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The street urchins would take the dregs to an abandoned shop and drink them.

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