English-Italian translations for rag

cencio
straccioNon vorrei sembrarle scortese, ma, sa, lei ha veramente il carisma di uno straccio bagnato e l'aspetto di un impiegatuccio di banca. I do not want to be rude, but you know, really, you have the charisma of a damp rag and the appearance of a low-grade bank clerk. E' inammissibile che il presidente di un gruppo definisca in Parlamento il presidente del Consiglio europeo uno "straccio bagnato” anziché formulare una critica politica. It is unacceptable for a group chair to call the President of the European Council a 'damp rag' in this Parliament, rather than offering political criticism.

Tattered clothes
A piece of old cloth; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred, a tatter
A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin
A ragged edge in metalworking
A newspaper, magazine
To decorate by applying paint with a rag
A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone
To break into lumps for sorting
To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter
To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze
A prank or practical joke
An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.
To play or compose in syncopated time
To add syncopation and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.2001. ''The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America''. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff . Pg. 651.

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