The one is dirty in two meanings.

Hi,

Two people are racing now. One is running keeping a little lead and spat at another one.

Two people are racing. One is running, keeping a little lead, and spits at the other one.

Does it sound natural to say "The one is dirty in two meanings."? Sorry, I have no idea w

Certainly. Thank you very much for your reply, correction and sorry not to be easy to understand.

1. To spit at someone is a dirty thing physically.

2. To spit at someone during a race is dirty morally since the act is interrupting the runner.

Therefore I thought if the one could be said "He/She is dirty in two meanings."

Does my description make sense this tim

Hi,

Oh, I see what you mean.

1. To spit at someone is a dirty thing physically.

We don't usualy say that the spitter is dirty. We say that the act of spitting is dirty.

2. To spit at someone during a race is dirty morally since the act is interrupting the

I was relieved. Thank you for understanding me.

I wondered about a character's line of comic, and a lyric after your explan

Hi,

I was relieved. Thank you for understanding me.

I wondered about a character's line of comic, and a lyric after your explanation.

I was wondering if you could

Thank you for your answer.

Actually the comic, One Piece, is Japanese as original. Therefore I personally guess the translation into English is not really good even though the comic is published more than vol.50...

The lyric seems not to have the detail of information of "a dirty story of a man" anymore, unfortunately.

However I see the word "dirty" is usually used in th

Instead of 'dirty', I think we describe spitting at other contestants as unsportsmanlike.

Unsportsmanlike! I feel the word matches the act.

Thank you for your answer, cymbol.