Translations for „let-down“ in the English » German Dictionary

ˈlet-down N usu sing inf

let-down

Enttäuschung f

I . let down VB trans

1. let down:

to let down ⇆ sb (disappoint)

jdn enttäuschen

to let down ⇆ sb (fail to support)

jdn im Stich lassen

2. let down (lower slowly):

to let down ⇆ sth

etw herunterlassen

3. let down Brit, Aus (deflate):

to let down a tyre

die Luft aus einem Reifen lassen

4. let down (make longer):

to let down ⇆ sth clothes

etw länger machen

to let down a hem

einen Saum auslassen

Phrases:

to let one's hair down

sich acc gehenlassen

to let the side down Brit, Aus

jdn/sich bloßstellen [o. blamieren]

II . let down VB intr AVIAT

let down

heruntergehen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to let down a hem

einen Saum auslassen

to let down a tyre

die Luft aus einem Reifen lassen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

I'm disappointed to learn that the show is a let-down.

www.artnews.com

I will always have gardening and that's what will get me through feeling so let-down and humiliated.

www.dailymail.co.uk

If that was a let-down then the following year was something far more disappointing, with the third time lucky clause not being activated.

mufclatest.com

There's little chance of a let-down at the end either.

www.telegraph.co.uk

But in my tests it was a bit of a let-down.

www.digitaljournal.com

The biggest let-down is the venue, and that is nobody's fault.

www.stuff.co.nz

I think that there's always going to be a slight let-down factor in partaking of an artist's other works.

theconversation.com

So go ahead and drink that bottle of champagne and slurp a few dozen raw oysters (my own favorite let-down treat).

news.nationalpost.com

Combined with the repeatedly delayed opening of the part of the lane that will run through a bus stop, it's a let-down.

wellington.scoop.co.nz

But for me the biggest let-down was the way it was prepared.

indaily.com.au