guilty pleasure | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Something that bringspleasurebut is consideredtaboo,unadvisableorlowbrow.For the renowned sushi chef, it was aguilty pleasureto eat fish sticks drowned in tartar sauce.2004October 31,Kelefa Sanneh, “The Rap Against Rockism”, inThe New York Times‎[1]:Rock bands record classic albums, while pop stars create "guilty pleasure" singles. It's supposed to be self-evident: U2's entire oeuvre deserves respectful consideration, while a spookily seductive song by an R&B singer named Tweet can only be, in the smug words of a recent VH1 special, "awesomely bad."2012, Seth Vannatta,Chuck Klosterman and Philosophy: The Real and the Cereal‎[2], Open Court,→ISBN, page ix:We all haveguilty pleasures, don't we? During the summer of 1993, myguilty pleasurewas watchingSaved by the Bellreruns.2013, Laura Frost,The Problem with Pleasure: Modernism and Its Discontents, Columbia University Press,→ISBN, page242:In postmodernism, mass culture is not so much aguilty pleasureas it is the white noise of our time.

Examples:

EN: Cruel mockery of fate, I am deprived of a guilty pleasure!
ES: ¡Cruel burla del destino, que me priva de un placer prohibido!
EN: Maggie, there are two parts to guilty pleasure.
ES: Maggie, el placer con remordimiento tiene dos partes.
EN: - It 's my last guilty pleasure.
ES: Este es mi último placer.
EN: It is my duty-- nay, my privilege-- nay, just a guilty pleasure-- to inform you that you are wearing women's clothing.
ES: Es mi deber-- nay, mi privilegio-- nay, solo un placer culposo-- el informarte que estás usando ropa de mujer.
EN: Taco Time is a guilty pleasure for some of the ladies in my circle.
ES: Hora del Taco es un placer privado para algunas mujeres en mi círculo.
EN: Everyone's allowed a guilty pleasure.
ES: Todos podemos tener un placer prohibido.
EN: - Do you have a guilty pleasure?
ES: - ¿Tú tienes un placer prohibido?
EN: I excluded AC/DC, The Animals, and A-Ha, footnoted as a guilty pleasure.
ES: Y A-Ha, anotado como placer culpable...
EN: It's not like we're watching a there's-nothing-else-on movie or a guilty pleasure like "Hardbodies." Oh, my God.
ES: No es como si estuviramos viendo una "no hay nada ms en la tele" pelcula o un culpable placer como "Hardbodies." Por Dios, ?
EN: There's no guilty pleasure.
ES: No hay culpa en el placer.
EN: Are they like a guilty pleasure for you or something?
ES: qué son para ti? Un placer inconfesable o qué?
EN: Her guilty pleasure song is "Summer Breeze" by Seals and Crofts.
ES: Su canción inconfesable es "Summer Breeze" by Seals and Crofts.
EN: "Summer Breeze" is my guilty pleasure song.
ES: "Summer Breeze" es mi canción inconfesable.
EN: The game is "desert island movies," not "guilty pleasure movies. "
ES: El juego es "películas para una isla", no "placeres que nos dan culpa".
EN: "Hot Blooded. " Talk about a guilty pleasure.
ES: Este tema habla del placer que te hace sentir culpable.

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