rubbish

Müll, Abfall

Dinge, die man wegwirft, weil man sie nicht mehr will oder braucht.

In einfachem Englisch: Things you no longer want or need and throw away.

• Put the rubbish in the bin.
• They collect our rubbish on Mondays.
• We picked up rubbish along the beach.

Synonyme: trash, garbage, waste

Häufige Wendungen: rubbish bin, rubbish collection, throw away rubbish, household rubbish

Unsinn, Quatsch

Gedanken oder Aussagen, die unsinnig, falsch oder unglaubwürdig sind.

In einfachem Englisch: Ideas or statements that are silly, wrong, or impossible to believe.

• That story is rubbish.
• He talks rubbish about things he does not understand.
• The claim that cats cannot learn is complete rubbish.

Synonyme: nonsense

Häufige Wendungen: talk rubbish, complete rubbish, a load of rubbish

Schrott, Ramsch

Schlecht hergestellte Dinge oder Sachen von sehr geringem Wert.

In einfachem Englisch: Things that are badly made or have very little value.

• This shop sells rubbish.
• The toys I bought were cheap rubbish.
• Why waste money on that rubbish?

Synonyme: junk, trash

Häufige Wendungen: cheap rubbish, sell rubbish, a load of rubbish

mies, schlecht

Von sehr schlechter Qualität, mit wenig Können oder als Erlebnis sehr schlecht.

In einfachem Englisch: Very bad in quality, ability, or experience.

• The film was rubbish.
• I am rubbish at tennis.
• We had a rubbish day because everything went wrong.

So benutzt man es: rubbish at something (He is rubbish at remembering names.)

Synonyme: awful, terrible, bad

Gegenteile: great, excellent

Häufige Wendungen: a rubbish day, rubbish at something, rubbish service

Quatsch!, Unsinn!

Damit sagt man nachdrücklich, dass man etwas für unsinnig oder falsch hält.

In einfachem Englisch: Used to say strongly that you think something is silly or untrue.

• Rubbish! That never happened.
• “You cheated.” “Rubbish! I followed every rule.”
• “Nobody likes your cooking.” “Rubbish! Everyone asked for more.”

Synonyme: nonsense, balderdash

Häufige Wendungen: absolute rubbish, utter rubbish, total rubbish

verreißen, schlechtmachen

Sagen, dass eine Idee, ein Plan oder eine Arbeit schlecht oder unsinnig ist.

In einfachem Englisch: To say that an idea, plan, or piece of work is bad or stupid.

• Please do not rubbish my idea.
• The minister rubbished the report yesterday.
• Critics have rubbished her latest film.

Synonyme: dismiss, criticize

Häufige Wendungen: rubbish an idea, rubbish a proposal, rubbish someone’s work