She's always bad-mouthing her colleagues.
Bad-mouthing the police is hardly an original occupation.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
bad-mouth someone — bad mouth (someone/something) to say unpleasant things about someone or something, especially in order to spoil other people s opinions of them. She s always bad mouthing her colleagues. Bad mouthing the police is hardly an original occupation … New idioms dictionary
bad-mouth — (someone/something) to say unpleasant things about someone or something, especially in order to spoil other people s opinions of them. She s always bad mouthing her colleagues. Bad mouthing the police is hardly an original occupation … New idioms dictionary
bad mouth — (UK) When you are bad mouthing,you are saying negative things about someone or something.( Bad mouth and badmouth are also used.) … The small dictionary of idiomes
bad-mouth — v [T] informal especially AmE to criticize someone or something ▪ Her former colleagues accused her of bad mouthing them in public … Dictionary of contemporary English
bad-mouth — 1. tv. to speak ill of someone or something. (See also dirty mouth; poor mouth.) □ I wish you would stop bad mouthing my car. □ Harry bad mouths everything he doesn’t understand. 2. n. someone who speaks ill of someone or something. □ … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
bad-mouth — badmouth UK [ˈbædˌmaʊθ] / US or bad mouth UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms badmouth : present tense I/you/we/they badmouth he/she/it badmouths present participle badmouthing past tense badmouthed past participle badmouthed informal to… … English dictionary
badmouth or bad-mouth — bad|mouth or bad mouth [ bæd,mauθ ] verb transitive INFORMAL to criticize someone or something … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bad-mouth — verb (T) informal especially AmE to criticize someone or something: Her former colleagues accused her of bad mouthing them in public … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bad taste in your mouth — If something leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth, you feel there is something wrong or bad about it … The small dictionary of idiomes
bad — 1 Bad, evil, ill, wicked, naughty are comparable when they mean not meeting with the approval of the ethical consciousness. Bad is a very general term and applies to anyone or anything reprehensible, for whatever reason and to whatever degree… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
