disapproval If you say that someone treats you like dirt, you are angry with them because you think that they treat you unfairly and with no respect. People think they can treat me like dirt!
is matter in the wrong place (Lord Palmerston ) This is not true: a diamond or sovereign lost on a road is matter in a wrong place, but certainly is not dirt Throw plenty of dirt and some will be sure to stick Scandal always leaves a trail behind Dirt cheap Very low-priced Dirt is so cheap that persons pay others to take it away To eat dirt is to put up with insults and mortification An Eastern method of punishment "If dirt were trumps what a capital hand you would hold!" - Charles Lamb to Martin Burney Dirty Half-Hundred The 50th Foot, so called from the men wiping their faces with their black cuffs Now called "The Queen's Own "
A dirt road or track is made from hard earth. A dirt floor is made from earth without any cement, stone, or wood laid on it. I drove along the dirt road
If you say that you have the dirt on someone, you mean that you have information that could harm their reputation or career. Steve was keen to get all the dirt he could on her