Translations for „off-colour“ in the Portuguese » English Dictionary

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off-colour joke Brit

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English

This was considered laudable behaviour in our family, where impromptu show tunes and off-colour ditties were the norm.

calgaryherald.com

There may be innuendo, off-colour jokes, even outright hostility.

business.financialpost.com

Not an off-colour joke, but the slur of the century.

www.abc.net.au

Such are her good looks her father has been known to make off-colour remarks about them.

www.independent.ie

But that same rowdiness -- and the off-colour flourishes and so on -- have also been the cause of some growing pains as the scene expands.

www.cbc.ca

We don't have to be dying, or even off-colour -- just fed up of rainwear and wellington boots.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Equally, they somehow manage to make even the most mild-mannered, politically correct people say the most inappropriate, off-colour and generally rude comments about other cities.

www.ft.com

He makes off-colour jokes and even swears occasionally.

thetyee.ca

Some of them were immediately interpreted as gaffes; but other awkward observations were construed by apologists as merely odd, off-colour, and often funny.

en.wikipedia.org

For anyone who walked in the door, there was almost always a drink, a good word, a corny, off-colour joke and story after story.

www.theglobeandmail.com