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sponge off

/spʌndʒ ɒf/

/spʌndʒ ɔf/

Traduzioni

sponge offverb

sponged off

Past Simple

sponged off

Past Participle

sponging off

Gerund

/spʌndʒ ɒf/

/spʌndʒ ɔf/

vivre aux crochets deFamilier. Exprime le fait de dépendre matériellement de quelqu’un sans rien donner en retour.

He has been sponging off his friends for months without contributing anything.

Il vit aux crochets de ses amis depuis des mois sans rien apporter en retour.

Traduzioni aggiuntive

profiter dePlus général ; peut s’employer dans un registre moins familier, selon le contexte.

Sinonimi

leech off

take advantage of

live off

sponge offverb

To obtain something, especially money or food, from someone else without doing or intending to do anything in return.

He has been sponging off his friends for months without contributing anything.