Collocations for dirty - adj.
VERBS
be,
feel,
look
get
Go and play football if you like, but don't get dirty!
get
Go and play football if you like, but don't get dirty!
get sth,
make sb/sth
He's not frightened of getting his hands dirty (= doing physical work). (figurative)
The soot had made everything dirty.
He's not frightened of getting his hands dirty (= doing physical work). (figurative)
The soot had made everything dirty.
ADVERB
extremely,
fairly,
very,
etc.
filthy (informal, BrE), horribly (esp. AmE), incredibly
Everything in the room was incredibly dirty.
filthy (informal, BrE), horribly (esp. AmE), incredibly
Everything in the room was incredibly dirty.
a little,
slightly,
etc.
Dirty is used with these nouns:
blonde, bomb, business, clothes, deed, diaper, dish, finger, fingernail, floor, foot, habit, hand, handkerchief, job, joke, kitchen, laundry, linen, look, magazine, mark, mind, money, movie, nappy, needle, plate, play, politics, rag, rice, room, secret, shoe, slush, snow, sock, street, syringe, talk, trick, underwear, war, washing, water, white, window, word, work, yellow
blonde, bomb, business, clothes, deed, diaper, dish, finger, fingernail, floor, foot, habit, hand, handkerchief, job, joke, kitchen, laundry, linen, look, magazine, mark, mind, money, movie, nappy, needle, plate, play, politics, rag, rice, room, secret, shoe, slush, snow, sock, street, syringe, talk, trick, underwear, war, washing, water, white, window, word, work, yellow