wrong side of the tracks

Publicada por ϕιλομαθής el 2018-09-05

Significado de "wrong side of the tracks"

Inglés

the poor part of town. The expression implies that cities are divided into a right (rich) side and a wrong (poor) side by railroad tracks. Often used to describe where someone comes from.

Example: Jane knew her parents would never approve of her marriage to Tim because he came from the wrong side of the tracks.

Explicada por ϕιλομαθήςϕιλομαθής el Mié, 05/09/2018 - 15:57
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Italiano

i quartieri malfamati, poveri

Explicada por ϕιλομαθήςϕιλομαθής el Mié, 05/09/2018 - 15:59
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Ruso

бедные районы города; трущобы; низы общества.

Explicada por St. SolSt. Sol el Jue, 06/09/2018 - 17:49
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Español

El lado malo (pobre) de una ciudad o de un pueblo.

Explicada por ϕιλομαθήςϕιλομαθής el Mié, 05/09/2018 - 16:03
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"wrong side of the ..." en letras

Boris Davidyan - A Criminal's Lot

Such is a criminal's lot.

I was born on the wrong side of the tracks at night,
and thieves took me into their world. 1

  • 1. theives made me one of them [/fn

Sam Sauvage - Not Drunk

I'm not drunk
Walking alone
On the wrong side of the tracks
If you hear me

Lana Del Rey - Back to the Basics

Baby we could go,
Back to the basics.
Trailer park love,
Wearing them ASICS,

Motörhead - Whorehouse Blues

The wrong side of the tracks,
Yeah, we came up from the gutter,
Wrong side of the tracks,
You know the music brought us out, babe,

The Living Tombstone - Be Alone

Lack of cash is a personal failure
Bail out the wealthy, pay off the jailer
Taxes on the wrong side of the tracks
Lots afford to pay for war and mine the ore

Marilyn Monroe - Two Little Girls from Little Rock

but the gentleman friends who used to call
they never did seem to mind at all
they came to the wrong side of the tracks.

Sally Timms - Horses

As a sudden twilight turns to black
Torches burn into the sad eyes
On the wrong side of the tracks

Ezra Furman - My Zero

I've gone away forever
The wrong side of the tracks
My blood all filled with garbage

Cry Baby (OST) - King Cry-Baby

A-baby cry, a-baby cry, a-baby cry, owhh

Well, I was born on the wrong side of the tracks
In the backseat of a stolen Cadillac

Pearl Jam - Crazy Mary

She lived on the curve in the road in an old tar paper shack.
On the south side of the town on the wrong side of the tracks.
Sometimes on the way into town we'd say, "Mama can we stop and give her a ride?"

Michalis Emirlis - The Peace Pipe

so you can show off and laze around
You tell me I'm a worthless punk
You tell me I'm from the wrong side of the tracks

Adam Lambert - Lucy

[Verse 1]
She's off to party with the diamond dogs
From the wrong side of the tracks
Her window's open anytime she's home

Mr. Big - The Whole World's Gonna Know

She's finally off of my back
I shoulda know better
She came in from the wrong side of the tracks

Falsettos (Musical) - Year of the Child

Children, please
Throw the kid a celebration and relax
I'll bring women from the wrong side of the tracks
We'll have a ball!

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - A Little Girl from Little Rock

But the gentlemen friends who used to call
They never did seem to mind at all
They came to the wrong side of the tracks

Motörhead - Devils in My Head

I've spoken with the restless dead
I know the minds of rats
And the wrong side of the tracks
I hear the devils in my head

Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Charlotte

'Cause I'm always knowing
How she feels
Livin' on the wrong side of the tracks
And I know she's never

Christian Kane - All I Did Was Love Her

How's a girl from the hill
Find life in a billy
From the wrong side of the tracks?
Well, at the end of the day

The Relapse Symphony - Make Your Move

I had it all and threw it all away
Never gonna be the same
The wrong side of the tracks
Just always felt like home

Dick Rivers - In the ghetto

But you're behind the scenes
In a world that spins without you, without him
Born on the wrong side of the tracks