fleabag

Thân thiện

The fleabag had stained carpets and flickering lights in the hallway.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A run-down, dirty, or shabby hotel, hostel, or similar establishment: The word "fleabag" is a slang term that primarily refers to a cheap, unclean, and low-quality place of lodging, often infested with pests like fleas. It strongly implies a lack of basic comfort and hygiene.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • We had to stay in a real fleabag because it was the only place we could afford.
  • The detective found the suspect hiding out in a downtown fleabag.
  • I wouldn't recommend that hotel; it's a complete fleabag.

Advanced Usage

• As a colorful pejorative: While its core meaning is a run-down hotel, "fleabag" can be used more broadly as a humorous or scornful insult for any very shabby, dirty, or disreputable place or thing.
  • His apartment is a total fleabag, but the rent is cheap.
  • That old car is a real fleabag on wheels.

Variants and Related Words

• Fleabitten (adj): Literally bitten by fleas; figuratively, shabby, worn-out, or dilapidated.
  • They bought a fleabitten old sofa at the thrift store.

Synonyms

• Dive: A disreputable, often cheap, bar or establishment.
• Flophouse: A very cheap hotel or rooming house.
• Hovel: A small, squalid, unpleasant dwelling.
• Rathole: A filthy, cramped, or wretched place.

Antonyms

• Luxury hotel
• Five-star hotel
• Resort

Related Idioms and Phrases

• No idiom directly uses "fleabag", but the word itself functions as a vivid metaphorical idiom, comparing a place to a bag infested with fleas to convey its poor quality.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a run-down hotel