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to lie through one's teeth
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English |
To accuse a person of lying in his teeth is the strongest of accusations, implying that the person is such a double-dyed liar as to be unfamiliar with truth. |
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to lock horns
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English |
To begin to argue or fight. |
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to make a case for sth
MD
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English |
To argue that something is the best thing to do, giving your reasons. |
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to make no bones about something
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
to talk frankly |
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to make sb feel a heel
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
A person who treats other people badly and unfairly |
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to make somebody look bad
Ct
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
Desmentirle y dejarle mal a los ojos de otros |
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to make someone look good
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English |
Desmentirle y dejarle bien a los ojos de otros |
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to make the rounds
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English |
to spread, propagate something |
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to mince no words
Nu
MD
Fr
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English |
to talk frankly |
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to paint in a bad light
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English |
to discredit, disrepute |
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to paint in a bad light
|
English |
to criticise: to publicly report the errors or faults of someone |
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to pick a fight
|
English |
To intentionally start a fight. |
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to pick apart
|
English |
to express disapproval of someone |
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to pick to pieces
|
English |
to express disapproval of someone |
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to pour scorn on
|
English |
to express disapproval of someone |
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to proclaim sth from the rooftops
|
English |
to spread, propagate something |
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to pull to pieces
|
English |
to express disapproval of someone |
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to put down
|
English |
To insult, humiliate or critize. |
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to put one’s finger on the sore spot
F
|
English |
to say something that causes a lot of annoyance; to bring up what hurts the most |
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to put the knife in
|
English |
to express disapproval of someone |
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to put the knife into
|
English |
to express disapproval of someone |
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to put/set the cat among the pigeons
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English |
To say or do something that causes trouble or makes a lot of people very angry. |
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to reproach sb for sth
|
English |
To impute blame to (a person) for an action or fault; rebuke |
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to reproach sb for sth
|
English |
If you reproach someone, you say or show that you are disappointed, upset or angry
because they have done something wrong |
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to rip into
|
English |
To attack or criticize someone or something with great force. |
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to rip to shreds
|
English |
to express disapproval of someone |
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to rub salt into the wound
F
|
English |
to say something that causes a lot of annoyance; to bring up what hurts the most |
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to run down
|
English |
To criticize something or someone, often unfairly. |
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to say something bluntly
Nu
MD
Fr
|
English |
decir algo a bocajarro, sin pensarlo |
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to say something without mincing one´s words
|
English |
Say something without thinking |
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to say what is on one´s mind
MD
Fr
|
English |
decir lo que a uno le pasa por la cabeza |
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to scream in hysteria
MD
|
English |
Gritar como un histérico |
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to scream like a condemned
MD
|
English |
gritar como un condenado |
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to scream like a crazy man
MD
|
English |
gritar como un loco |
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to scream like a paperboy
MD
|
English |
gritar como una verdulera |
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to scream like one possessed
MD
|
English |
gritar como un poseso |
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to set sb against
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English |
To cause one person to argue or fight with another person. |
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to settle accounts with sb
|
English |
to bring a final end to an argument, disagreement, etc. |
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to shout sth from the rooftops
|
English |
to spread, propagate something |
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to show in a bad light
|
English |
to discredit, disrepute |
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to show in a bad light
|
English |
to criticise: to publicly report the errors or faults of someone |
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to shower somebody with insults
F
Ct
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MD
Fr
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to slag off
|
English |
to express disapproval of someone |
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to sling mud at
|
English |
to discredit, disrepute |
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to sling mud at
|
English |
to criticise: to publicly report the errors or faults of someone |
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to smear the reputation of
|
English |
An attempt to harm someone s reputation by publicly accusing them of something that is unpleasant, unreasonable, or unlikely to be true. |
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to speak behind (poss) back
|
English |
to talk without the knowledge of someone |
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to speak evil of
|
English |
To make a false spoken statement that causes people to have a bad opinion of someone. |
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to speak from the heart
MD
|
English |
to talk frankly |
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to speak ill of somebody
|
English |
To say unkind things about someone. |