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/'si:mi/ * tính từ - có đường may nối - (thuộc) mặt trái =the seamy side of life+ mặt trái của cuộc đời -
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/said/ * danh từ - mặt, bên =a cube has six sides+ hình khối có sáu mặt =two sides of house+ hai bên cạnh nhà =two sides of sheet of paper+ hai mặt của tờ giấy =the right side of cloth+ mặt phải của vải =the seamy side of life+ mặt trái của cuộc đời - (toán học) bề, cạnh =opposite sides of a parallelogram+ hai cạnh đối nhau của một hình bình hành - triền núi; bìa rừng - sườn, lườn =side of mutton+ sườn cừu =to fight side by side+ sát cánh chiến đấu - phía, bên =the right side+ phía bên phải =the debit side+ bên nợ =the credit side+ bên có - phần bên cạnh, phần phụ =side of road+ bên cạnh đường - khía cạnh =to study all sides of the question+ nghiên cứu mọi khía cạnh của vấn đề - phe, phái, phía =to take sides with somebody; to take the sides of somebody+ về phe với ai =justice is on our side+ chúng ta có chính nghĩa =there is much to be said on both sides+ cả hai phe đều có nhiều vấn đề cần nói =the winning side+ phe thắng - bên (nội, ngoại) =on the maternal side+ bên ngoại !born on the wrong side of the blanket - (xem) blanket !to be on the right side of forty - dưới bốn mươi tuổi !to be on the wrong side of forty - trên bốn mươi tuổi !to be on this side of grave - hãy còn sống !to be on the wrong side of the door - bị nhốt ở ngoài !to look on the bright side of everything - lạc quan !to put on side - lên mặt, làm bộ làm tịch !prices are on the high side - giá vẫn cao !to shake one's side - cười vỡ bụng * nội động từ - (+ with) đứng về phe, đứng về phía; ủng hộ
См. также в других словарях:
seamy — (adj.) c.1600, in figurative phrase seamy side least pleasant, worst, from SEAM (Cf. seam) + Y (Cf. y) (2); the seamy side of a sewn garment being the less attractive, and thus typically turned in. The popularity of the figurative sense likely is … Etymology dictionary
seamy side — The seamy side of something is the unpleasant or sordid aspect it has … The small dictionary of idiomes
seamy — [sēm′ē] adj. seamier, seamiest 1. having or showing seams, esp. with rough edges, as the underside of a garment 2. unpleasant or sordid [the seamy side of life] seaminess n … English World dictionary
seamy side — The seamy side of something is the unpleasant or sordid aspect it has. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
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seamy — seam|y [ˈsi:mi] adj [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: seamy having the rough side of the seam showing (17 19 centuries), from seam] involving unpleasant things such as crime, violence, or immorality ▪ the seamy side of the World Wide Web … Dictionary of contemporary English
seamy — adjective involving unpleasant things such as crime, violence, poverty, or immorality: seamy side (of sth): the seamy side of the film industry … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
seamy — seaminess, n. /see mee/, adj., seamier, seamiest. 1. unpleasant or sordid; low; disagreeable: the seamy side of life. 2. having, showing, or of the nature of a seam. [1595 1605; SEAM + Y1; in transferred senses alluding to the unpresentable… … Universalium
seamy — adjective (seamier; est) Date: 1605 1. archaic having the rough side of the seam showing 2. a. unpleasant b. degraded, sordid < the seamy side of urban life > • seaminess noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
seamy side of life — This expression refers to the most unpleasant, disreputable or sordid aspects of life that we normally do not see (just as the stitched seams of clothes are generally not seen). Social workers really see the seamy side of life … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
seamy — seam•y [[t]ˈsi mi[/t]] adj. seam•i•er, seam•i•est 1) sordid; low; disagreeable: the seamy side of life[/ex] 2) having or showing a seam, esp. the seam of the inside of a garment • Etymology: 1595–1605 seam′i•ness, n … From formal English to slang
