英语口语 | “泼脏水”英语怎么说?

“泼脏水”,字面意思“splash dirty water”,泛指对人造谣污蔑,刻意中伤(slander),常用表达如“朝某人泼脏水”,与英文习语“hurl/throw/sling mud at somebody”意思相近,表示“to say insulting or unfair things about someone, especially to try to damage their reputation”。

  • 为了诋毁她的名誉,有人不停地往她身上泼脏水。
    Someone has kept throwing mud at her in order to vilify her reputation.
  • 他是那种当面胁肩谄笑,背地里泼脏水的人。
    He was the kind of person who would flatter you to your face, and then slander you behind your back.