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May 26, 2017 · May 26, 2017. #1. Hello all, Could someone please let me know which one of these sentences sound more appropriate. 1) He is a disgrace to the entire nation. 2) He is a disgrace for the entire nation. It sometimes become difficult to select between "to" and "for". Many thanks.
Jan 27, 2010 · Jan 27, 2010. #1. At the beginning of the cartoon Corpse Bride directed by Tim Burton, Mr Eveglot sings, "who would guess in a millions years that our daughter with a face of an otter in disgrace would provide our ticket to a rightful place." Why does he describe his daughter as "an otter in disgrace", and what does otter stand for or imply in ...
Aug 18, 2019 · Russian. Aug 18, 2019. #1. Hello. What's difference between shame and disgrace in these sentences. Ex. 1) He shamed/disgraced our family after having done that. 2) It's shame/disgrace he hasn't enrolled at the university. 3) it's shameful/disgraceful to let him sleep outside.
Jul 3, 2019 · Jul 6, 2019. #7. We do say 'bring disgrace upon the family (name)' but as the others have said it's a bit much in a context such as yours. It's also a rather outdated concept, when the behaviour of the so-called 'black sheep' of the family would have been said to have brought shame on his family (family honour, bla bla bla).
Mar 8, 2020 · Persian. Mar 8, 2020. #1. What does "in-your-face disgrace" mean? Chowder: Three seconds on the clock. I'm playing basketball. It’s time for an in-your-face disgrace. [he throws the ball, only it for it to bounce of the hoop and hit him in the face; he cries out and falls to the driveway as the ball bounces away] DJ: Are you okay?
Oct 4, 2005 · The word translates "disgraced" but more of having falling from grace in a very bad way for having done something aweful and wishing death upon them beacause of what was done or who they are as a result. Much like the posted "figlio di...." If one is the son of a...then the person was a disgrace. Coincidently, I recently heard this on the radio ...
Nov 5, 2014 · Nov 4, 2014. #3. I think the answer is A.: Being disgraced，she led a life of complete seclusion. It means that she has been disgraced at some time in the past but not necessarily in a state where she is continually being disgraced. Saying, 'Disgraced，she led a life of complete seclusion.' it sounds more as if she led her life of seclusion ...
Sep 4, 2009 · Her beauty would not disgrace that of her sister. My car would not disgrace that of my father. Su belleza no tiene nada que envidiarle a la de su hermana. She's every bit as beautiful as her sister. My car is just as good as my father's. He's just as good (a person, a mechanic) as my father.
Feb 23, 2008 · To lower in rank, office, condition, or character; to humble, humiliate; often with the sense of degrade, make base. To depose (a person) formally from his degree, rank, or position of honour as an act of punishment, as to degrade a knight, a military officer, a graduate of a university. To lower in estimation; to bring into dishonour or contempt.
May 8, 2006 · Penso che siano le disgrazie (disgrace) "Se inzuppavamo il pane nella salsa, gridava: Non leccate i piatti! Non fate sbrodeghezzi! Non fate potacci! Sbrodeghezzi e potacci erano, per mio padre, anche i quadri moderni, che non poteva soffrire. If we soaked our bread in gravey, he yelled, don't lick your plates. Don't disgrace yourselves.
