dress down

s’habiller décontracté

Porter des vêtements moins formels que d’habitude ou que ce qui est attendu.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : dress down for something (You can dress down for the office picnic.)

Synonymes : dress casually

Contraires : dress up

Expressions courantes : dress down today, dress down for work

réprimander, passer un savon

Parler avec colère à quelqu’un parce qu’il a fait quelque chose de mal.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : dress someone down for something (The manager dressed him down for arriving late.)

Synonymes : scold, tell off, reprimand

Contraires : praise

Expressions courantes : dress someone down, dress down someone

vider, parer

Retirer les entrailles, la tête et les arêtes d’un poisson pêché pour le préparer à être mangé.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : dress down a fish / dress a fish down (The fisherman dressed down the fish before selling them.)

Synonymes : clean, gut

Expressions courantes : dress down fish, dress something down