dress down

sich leger kleiden

Weniger förmliche Kleidung tragen als üblich oder erwartet.

In einfachem Englisch: To wear clothes that are less formal than usual or than people expect.

• We dress down on Fridays.
• She dressed down for the family lunch.
• Is it acceptable to dress down for this meeting?

So benutzt man es: dress down for something (You can dress down for the office picnic.)

Synonyme: dress casually

Gegenteile: dress up

Häufige Wendungen: dress down today, dress down for work

zurechtweisen, zusammenstauchen

Jemanden wütend ausschimpfen, weil er etwas falsch gemacht hat.

In einfachem Englisch: To speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong.

• The boss dressed me down.
• She dressed down the team for missing the deadline.
• He was dressed down in front of his colleagues.

So benutzt man es: dress someone down for something (The manager dressed him down for arriving late.)

Synonyme: scold, tell off, reprimand

Gegenteile: praise

Häufige Wendungen: dress someone down, dress down someone

ausnehmen, küchenfertig machen

Die Innereien, den Kopf und die Gräten eines gefangenen Fisches entfernen, um ihn zum Essen vorzubereiten.

In einfachem Englisch: To remove the insides, head, and bones of a caught fish to prepare it for eating.

• We dressed down the fish on the boat.
• He showed me how to dress a trout down.
• They dressed down their catch before cooking it.

So benutzt man es: dress down a fish / dress a fish down (The fisherman dressed down the fish before selling them.)

Synonyme: clean, gut

Häufige Wendungen: dress down fish, dress something down