rubbish

rubbish
1. noun, no pl., no indef. art.
1) (refuse) Abfall, der; Abfälle; (to be collected and dumped) Müll, der
2) (worthless material) Plunder, der (ugs. abwertend)

be rubbish — nichts taugen

3) (nonsense) Quatsch, der (ugs.); Blödsinn, der (ugs.)

what rubbish! — was für ein Quatsch od. Schmarren!

2. interjection
Quatsch (ugs. abwertend)
* * *
noun
1) (waste material; things that have been or are to be thrown away: Our rubbish is taken away twice a week; (also adjective) a rubbish bin/bag.) der Abfall; Abfall...
2) (nonsense: Don't talk rubbish!) der Blödsinn
* * *
rub·bish
[ˈrʌbɪʃ]
I. n no pl esp BRIT
1. (waste) Müll m, Kehricht m SCHWEIZ
to take [or put] the \rubbish out den Müll rausbringen
2. (fig fam: nonsense) Unsinn m, Quatsch m fam
his ideas are a load of [old] \rubbish seine Ideen sind völliger Schwachsinn
to be \rubbish Quatsch sein
the film was \rubbish der Film war völliger Schrott
to talk \rubbish Blödsinn reden fam
3. (fam: junk) Gerümpel nt
II. vt BRIT, AUS (fam)
to \rubbish sth etw als Unsinn abtun
III. adj BRIT (fam)
to be \rubbish at sth in etw dat sehr schlecht sein
I'm \rubbish at maths in Mathe bin ich eine absolute Null
* * *
['rʌbɪʃ] (esp Brit)
1. n
1) (= waste material) Abfall m, Abfälle pl; (= household rubbish, in factory also) Müll m; (on building site) Schutt m; (fig = trashy goods, record etc) Mist m

household rubbish — Hausmüll m

garden rubbish — Gartenabfälle pl

most modern furniture is rubbish — die meisten modernen Möbel sind nichts wert

2) (inf: nonsense) Quatsch m (inf), Blödsinn m

don't talk rubbish! — red keinen Quatsch or Blödsinn! (inf)

he talked a lot or a load of rubbish — er hat eine Menge Blödsinn verzapft (inf)

(what a lot of) rubbish! — (so ein) Quatsch! (inf)

this book is rubbish — das Buch ist Quatsch (inf)

2. attr (inf)
1)
See:
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2)

I'm rubbish at it — ich bin zu blöd dazu (inf)

I'm rubbish at doing it — ich krieg das (einfach) nicht hin (inf)

3. vt (inf)
person, idea runtermachen (inf)
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rubbish [ˈrʌbıʃ]
A s
1. Abfall m, Kehricht m/n, Müll m
2. (Gesteins)Schutt m (auch GEOL)
3. Plunder m, Gerümpel n (beide umg)
4. fig Quatsch m, Blödsinn m:
talk rubbish
5. Bergbau: (über Tage) Abraum m, (unter Tage) Gangmasse f
B v/t umg jemanden schlechtmachen, ein Buch etc verreißen
* * *
1. noun, no pl., no indef. art.
1) (refuse) Abfall, der; Abfälle; (to be collected and dumped) Müll, der
2) (worthless material) Plunder, der (ugs. abwertend)

be rubbish — nichts taugen

3) (nonsense) Quatsch, der (ugs.); Blödsinn, der (ugs.)

what rubbish! — was für ein Quatsch od. Schmarren!

2. interjection
Quatsch (ugs. abwertend)
* * *
(UK) n.
Mull nur sing. m. n.
Abfall -¨e m.
Müll nur sing. m.
Quatsch m.
Schutt -e m.

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