second-rate | Idiomator

Meaning: (UK,military,nautical,historical)Of aRoyal Navyship of the linein theNapoleonic Era: having 80–98 guns across threegun decks, acomplementof 700–750, and weighing approximately 2,200tonsburthen.; (idiomatic)Ofmediocrequality; notfirst-rate.1971, Peter Brown,The World of Late Antiquity: AD 150—750, Thames & Hudson LTD, published2013,→ISBN, page53:‘Revelation’, to a philosopher such as Plotinus, was not merely irrational: it led tosecond-ratecounterfeits of traditional academic philosophical culture. It was as if the inhabitants of an underdeveloped country were to seek to catch up with western technology by claiming to have learnt nuclear physics through dreams and oracles.1888, Rudyard Kipling,A Second-rate Woman:They are intrigued by Mrs Deelville; she is dowdy, languid-voiced, and ill-dressed, in every way appearingsecond-rate, who nonetheless - rather tiresomely - seems to have the knack of attracting men.

Examples:

EN: You're nothing but a second-rate, broken-down, heavyweight.
ES: No eres más que un peso pesado de segunda categoría.
EN: I don't know, unless I thought there were enough second-rate doctors in the world already.
ES: No lo sé, supongo que porque ya hay muchos médicos de segunda.
EN: She wrings every last penny out of second-rate geishas like us.
ES: Siempre está sacando hasta el último céntimo de nosotras, nunca nos deja descansar.
EN: But don't forget that by using this second-rate material we can save forty percent.
ES: pero no debe olvidar que usando los segundos podemos ahorrar el 40%.
EN: I felt that. Ever since we moved into this second-rate Gomorrah.
ES: Lo he sentido desde que llegamos a esta Gomorra de segunda zona.
EN: Why must I fight my way through the entire staff - of a second-rate hotel? - Calm down.
ES: ¿Por qué tengo que pelearme con el personal de un hotel de segunda?
EN: As the wife of the one-time alcalde of Los Angeles, you'd be received at court. But as the companion of a second-rate soldier of fortune, you'd be ostracised.
ES: La esposa de un ex alcalde de Los Ángeles sería recibida en la corte, pero la compañera de un soldado mediocre sería condenada al ostracismo.
EN: It all started when I was in the chorus at a second-rate musical show in Frisco.
ES: Todo empezó cuando era una corista en un musical mediocre en San Francisco.
EN: - You cheap second-rate insurance peddler.
ES: -Chanchullero de poca monta.
EN: You cheap second-rate insurance peddler.
ES: Chanchullero de poca monta.
ES: Chanchullero de poca monta.
EN: What she can you cheap second-rate insurance peddler.
ES: Ha dicho chanchullero de poca monta.
EN: And I still say you're a cheap second-rate insurance peddler.
ES: Pues sigo diciendo que eres un chanchullero de poca monta.
EN: Oh, so I'm a cheap second-rate insurance peddler, Am I?
ES: ¿Soy un chanchullero de poca monta?
EN: You're a cheap second-rate insurance peddler.
ES: -Chanchullero de poca monta.
EN: She hasn't time to go to crazy art galleries play around with second-rate musicians and go to psychoanalysts.
ES: No tiene tiempo de visitar galerías, ligar con músicos de segunda ni de ir al psicoanalista.

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