bad-mouth

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If Mr Dalio thinks his underlings never bad-mouth him behind his back, he is dangerously deluded.
如果雷蒙德認為自己的下屬從不在背后對他說三道四，他也太容易被哄騙了。
We belittle them for their success, we criticize unfairly, we bad-mouth people, we become obstacles to their further progress.
我們因為別人的成功去貶損他們，對他們進行不公正的評價，說他們的壞話，阻礙他們的進步。
I know, this means my forehead exposed to bows and arrows, my heart will be hurt by bad-mouth.
我知道這是把自己的額頭裸露在弓箭之下了，心靈極容易被別人的批判洞傷。

True, their advertisements do not criticise each other, though they sometimes bad-mouth rivals such as Amex.
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Rathmann, says Wiltsey, is too much of a "humanist" to bad-mouth colleagues, although he is emotional and has been known to raise his voice a few decibels, particularly when he's defending his company.
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This is most obvious in Britain, where during the recent election campaign Labour and Tory leaders vied with each other to bad-mouth Brussels (though the new Labour government has begun, as John Major once did, with a charm offensive in Europe).
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If someone bad-mouths you, they say unpleasant things about you, especially when you are not there to defend yourself.