dregs in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for dregs in the English»Italian Dictionary

dregs [Brit drɛɡz, Am drɛɡz] N npl

1. dregs:

dregs (of wine)

feccia f

dregs (of wine)

deposito m

dregs (of coffee)

fondi m

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

ha buttato via il tè avanzato nella tazza

to drink sth (down) to the dregs

bere qc fino all'ultima goccia

2. dregs fig:

the dregs of society, humanity pej

la feccia della società, dell'umanità

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feccia

dregs pl

feccia

dregs pl

la feccia della società, dell'umanità

the dregs of society, humanity

gli scarti della società fig

the dregs of society

posa

dregs pl

bere qc fino all'ultima goccia

to drink sth (down) to the dregs

bere qc fino all'ultima goccia

to drink sth to the very last drop or to the dregs

fondo (di vino)

dregs pl

bere qc fino all'ultima goccia

to drink sth (down) to the dregs or to the very last drop

dregs in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for dregs in the English»Italian Dictionary

dregs [dregz] N pl

1. dregs (sediment):

dregs

fondo m

2. dregs (undesirable part):

the dregs of society

la feccia della società

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feccia

dregs pl

essere un rifiuto della società

to be the dregs of society

dregs Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the dregs of society

la feccia della società

to be the dregs of society

essere un rifiuto della società

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He draws his sleeve over his mouth, wiping the dregs of beer from his beard.

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

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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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He reads my palm and ponders my future in the dregs of a cup of tea.

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

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

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Homer's fellow tutors are drunks, incompetents and down-and-outs, adult education is therefore presented as an amateur business staffed by the dregs of society.

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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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Dregs came in two groups.

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

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