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It’s a dirty business: the metaphorical use of ‘dirty’

  • Liz Walter--Cambridge.org
  • published date: 2026-04-29 11:00:09 UTC

Listen to the author reading this blog post. by Liz Walter I recently watched a fascinating and shocking TV documentary called ‘Dirty Business’. The subject was the terrible state of the UK’s rivers and seas, and the title has a double meaning. On the one han…

Listen to the author reading this blog post. https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dirtybusiness.mp3 Natalia Lebedinskaia/Moment/Getty by Liz Walter I recently watched a… [+2298 chars]