raw deal
an arrangement, an agreement which is very unfair to one party
TRANSLATION
raw deal = ungerecht behandelt werden, zu kurz kommen
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
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(BBC News - 3rd July 2003)
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(BBC News - 3rd July 2003)
Want to save on printer ink? You can read the full text of this interesting article at:
http://www.owad.de/link.php4?go=030903
Did you
know?
raw deal (informal)
means unfair treatment
Note these examples:
- it's a raw deal = das ist eine Gemeinheit
- to give somebody a raw deal = jdn benachteiligen; jdn unfair behandeln
- to get a raw deal = schlecht wegkommen (informal)
- the old get a raw deal from the state = alte Leute werden vom Staat stiefmütterlich behandelt
"The assistant sales manager was given a RAW DEAL when he was forced to give up his position as chief negotiator."
Other uses of raw:
- raw spirits = reiner Alkohol
- raw emotion = nackt; unverfälscht
- raw energy = ursprünglich; impulsiv; nackt
- raw talent = ungeschliffen; elementar
- raw ambition, statistics = nackt
- raw courage = elementar; unverfälscht
- raw facts = nackt; unverfälscht; ungeschönt
- raw data (computers) = unaufbereitete Daten plural
- raw troops, recruit = neu; unerfahren
- raw wound = offen
- raw skin = wund
- raw nerves = empfindlich
- red and raw = gerötet und wund
- to touch a raw nerve (figurative) = einen wunden Punkt berühren
- raw account = ungeschönt; ungeschliffen; ungemildert
- raw humour, story, person = derb
- raw colour = grell
- in the raw (informal, naked) = im Naturzustand
means unfair treatment
Note these examples:
- it's a raw deal = das ist eine Gemeinheit
- to give somebody a raw deal = jdn benachteiligen; jdn unfair behandeln
- to get a raw deal = schlecht wegkommen (informal)
- the old get a raw deal from the state = alte Leute werden vom Staat stiefmütterlich behandelt
"The assistant sales manager was given a RAW DEAL when he was forced to give up his position as chief negotiator."
Other uses of raw:
- raw spirits = reiner Alkohol
- raw emotion = nackt; unverfälscht
- raw energy = ursprünglich; impulsiv; nackt
- raw talent = ungeschliffen; elementar
- raw ambition, statistics = nackt
- raw courage = elementar; unverfälscht
- raw facts = nackt; unverfälscht; ungeschönt
- raw data (computers) = unaufbereitete Daten plural
- raw troops, recruit = neu; unerfahren
- raw wound = offen
- raw skin = wund
- raw nerves = empfindlich
- red and raw = gerötet und wund
- to touch a raw nerve (figurative) = einen wunden Punkt berühren
- raw account = ungeschönt; ungeschliffen; ungemildert
- raw humour, story, person = derb
- raw colour = grell
- in the raw (informal, naked) = im Naturzustand
