transcription, транскрипция: [ ræg ]
( rags)
1.
A rag is a piece of old cloth which you can use to clean or wipe things.
He was wiping his hands on an oily rag.
N-VAR
2.
Rags are old torn clothes.
There were men, women and small children, some dressed in rags.
N-PLURAL
3.
People refer to a newspaper as a rag when they have a poor opinion of it. ( INFORMAL )
‘This man Tom works for a local rag,’ he said.
N-COUNT [ disapproval ]
4.
see also ragged
5.
You use rags to riches to describe the way in which someone quickly becomes very rich after they have been quite poor.
His was a rags-to-riches story and people admire that.
PHRASE
6.
If you describe something as a red rag to a bull , you mean that it is certain to make a particular person or group very angry. ( mainly BRIT )
This sort of information is like a red rag to a bull for the tobacco companies.
PHRASE : v-link PHR , like PHR