furniture plant

He was dressed, as he always was, week in and week out, in oil-stained clothing that he wore in the engine-room at the furniture plant... (E. Caldwell, ‘Certain Women’, ‘Anneve’) — На Гровере Вудраффе была, как всегда, забрызганная машинным маслом спецовка, которую он не снимал неделями: он работал механиком на мебельной фабрике...

gold dust — oro m en polvo

ashes to ashes, dust to dust — (liter) polvo eres y en polvo te convertirás

as dry as dust — árido

to bite the dust — \<\<person\>\> morder* el polvo; \<\<project/plan\>\> irse* a pique

not to see somebody for dust — (colloq)

mention work and you won't see him for dust — basta hablarle de trabajo para que ponga los pies en polvorosa

when the dust has settled — cuando haya pasado la tormenta

to shake the dust off one's feet — largarse* hecho una furia

to give something a dust — sacarle* or limpiarle el polvo a algo

to dust the furniture — quitarles el polvo a los muebles, sacudir los muebles (CS, Méx)

she dusted her feet with talcum powder — se echó or se puso talco en los pies

to raise a lot of dust — (lit) levantar mucho polvo; (fig) (=cause a scandal) levantar una polvareda

dust bowl N — (Geog) terreno erosionado por el viento

dust cloth N — (US) trapo m del polvo

dust cover N — [of book] sobrecubierta f ; (for furniture) guardapolvo m

dust devil N — remolino m de polvo

dust jacket N — sobrecubierta f

dust sheet N — (Brit) guardapolvo m, funda f

dust storm N — vendaval m de polvo, tormenta f de polvo

gold dust — oro m en polvo

ashes to ashes, dust to dust — (liter) polvo eres y en polvo te convertirás

as dry as dust — árido

to bite the dust — \<\<person\>\> morder* el polvo; \<\<project/plan\>\> irse* a pique

not to see somebody for dust — (colloq)

mention work and you won't see him for dust — basta hablarle de trabajo para que ponga los pies en polvorosa

when the dust has settled — cuando haya pasado la tormenta

to shake the dust off one's feet — largarse* hecho una furia

to give something a dust — sacarle* or limpiarle el polvo a algo

to dust the furniture — quitarles el polvo a los muebles, sacudir los muebles (CS, Méx)

she dusted her feet with talcum powder — se echó or se puso talco en los pies

to get the cane Scol — prenderle con la bacchetta

I can't stand liars — non posso soffrire o non sopporto i bugiardi

to stand on — calpestare [ insect]; pestare [ foot]

to stand empty — [ house] restare vuoto

I want to know where I stand — fig. vorrei sapere come sono messe le cose per me

to stand in sb.'s way — bloccare il passaggio a qcn.; fig. ostacolare qcn

to leave sb. standing — [ athlete] infliggere un notevole distacco a; [student, company] superare

I can't stand liars — non posso soffrire o non sopporto i bugiardi

to stand on — calpestare [ insect]; pestare [ foot]

to stand empty — [ house] restare vuoto

I want to know where I stand — fig. vorrei sapere come sono messe le cose per me

to stand in sb.'s way — bloccare il passaggio a qcn.; fig. ostacolare qcn

to leave sb. standing — [ athlete] infliggere un notevole distacco a; [student, company] superare

to lead sb. up o down AE the garden path — colloq. menare qcn. a spasso, menare qcn. per il naso

to lead sb. up o down AE the garden path — colloq. menare qcn. a spasso, menare qcn. per il naso