fink

spia, informatore

Persona che riferisce di nascosto alla polizia o ad altre autorità le azioni illecite di qualcuno.

In inglese semplice: Someone who secretly tells the police or another authority about someone else’s wrongdoing.

• Someone in the gang was a fink.
• The fink gave their names to the police.
• They stopped trusting him after discovering he was a fink.

Sinonimi: informer, snitch, rat

Espressioni comuni: police fink, a dirty fink

mascalzone, carogna

Insulto rivolto a una persona sgradita per il suo comportamento cattivo o ingiusto.

In inglese semplice: A person you dislike because they behave badly or unfairly.

• That fink stole my lunch.
• What kind of fink cheats his own friends?
• She called him a rotten fink for breaking his promise.

Sinonimi: jerk, rat

Espressioni comuni: a rotten fink, that little fink

crumiro

Persona che lavora mentre gli altri lavoratori si rifiutano di farlo per protesta.

In inglese semplice: A person who works while other workers refuse to work as a protest.

• The strikers called him a fink.
• Finks entered the factory through a side gate.
• The company hired finks to keep production going during the strike.

Sinonimi: strikebreaker, scab

Espressioni comuni: hire a fink, strikebreaking fink

uccello tessitore

Tipo di uccello tessitore che vive nell’Africa meridionale.

In inglese semplice: A kind of weaver bird found in southern Africa.

• A fink landed on the branch.
• We watched finks build nests from grass.
• The guide identified the small bird as a fink.

Sinonimi: weaver bird

Espressioni comuni: a nesting fink, a southern african fink

denunciare, fare la spia

Riferire a un’autorità le azioni illecite di qualcuno, tradendo la sua fiducia.

In inglese semplice: To tell an authority about someone’s wrongdoing, breaking their trust.

• Please don’t fink on me.
• Someone finked to the police about the stolen car.
• He finked on his friends to avoid punishment.

Come si usa: fink on someone (She finked on her brother for taking the money.); fink to someone (He finked to the teacher about our plan.)

Sinonimi: inform, snitch, rat

Espressioni comuni: fink on someone, fink to someone