in the raw | Idiomator

Meaning: Unprocessed,rough.2017, Velvel Pasternak,Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page37:I guaranteed him that in both these synagogueshakafotwould provide him with music "in the raw."; (idiomatic)In the natural state; inreal life.1908February 19,Jack London, chapter 12, inThe Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co.,→OCLC:He was seeing lifein the raw, and it was a different life from what he had known within the printed books of his library.1921,Rafael Sabatini,Scaramouche,He read therein the rawwhat is perhaps the most amazing page in the history of human development, and in the end he was forced to the conclusion that all his early preconceptions had been at fault, and that it was such exalted, passionate enthusiasts as Vilmorin who had been right.1922October 26,Virginia Woolf, chapter 6, inJacob’s Room, Richmond, London:[…]Leonard& Virginia Woolf at theHogarth Press,→OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press,1960,→OCLC:In spite of defending indecency, Jacob doubted whether he liked itin the raw.; (idiomatic,euphemistic)Naked.2001, Doug McGuinn,The Apple Indians,page39:He stood gawking at Cyndee, who was standingin the rawon the shore of the pond his daddy had put in.2010, Mark J. Okrant,A Last Resort,page90:As he waited for Pamela to return, Richard was standingin the rawbefore his full-length mirror.2011, J. L. O'Faolain,The Thirteenth Child,page88:James brought his hand away and immediately jumped at the sight of Cole standingin the raw, calmly passing the bag back to the inspector. “I thought you said it was safe to look,” he accused.

Examples:

EN: - I want to see life in the raw.
ES: - Quiero ver la cruda realidad.
EN: - You want to see life in the raw?
ES: - ¿Quieres ver la cruda realidad?
EN: I'm nature in the raw.
ES: Soy naturaleza en estado puro.
EN: Nature in the raw is seldom nice.
ES: La naturaleza en estado puro rara vez es agradable.
EN: Nature in the raw.
ES: Le he dejado en cueros.
EN: I bit life in the raw all my life.
ES: He estado al filo del peligro toda mi vida.
EN: No, it's time, my son, you saw life in the raw.
ES: No, es hora de que veas lo cruda que puede ser la vida.
EN: He's very anxious to see Cafe Society in the raw, so to speak.
ES: Te amo. Te he amado durante más de un año.
EN: Ordinarily, I sleep in the raw.
ES: Por lo general, duermo desnuda.
EN: Well, dear, Christley wanted you to photograph life in the raw and you've given it to him.
ES: Christley quería fotos de la cruda realidad. - Y tú se las sirves.
EN: Come on, lady, one shilling to see nature in the raw.
ES: Adelante, dama, un chelín para ver la naturaleza en bruto.
EN: I guess it's from seeing life in the raw, and running around with strong, silent types like you guys.
ES: Será al ver lo dura que es la vida, o al ir junto a tipos fuertes y poco habladores como vosotros.
EN: I've changed since we last swam in the raw, haven't I?
ES: He cambiado desde la última vez que nadamos desnudos.
EN: - I sleep in the raw.
ES: - Yo duermo desnudo.
EN: Do you and your husband often swim in the raw, Mrs. Jorgenson?
ES: Su esposo y usted nadan a menudo desnudos, Sra. Jorgenson?

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