to drag (poss) name through the mire
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- Fuente de la expresión
- Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary & Thesaurus ©Cambridge University Press
- Estructura completa
- to drag the name of somebody through the mire
- Variantes
- to drag (poss) name through the [mire, mud]
to drag through the mud
- Definición
- To criticise: to publicly report the errors or faults of someone.
- Contexto
- Among them is a case in which Khalfan offers to assist a German national, Dietrich Herzog, to clandestinely acquire diamonds from top government officials using the back door.
Although Khalfan does not deny authoring some of the cited emails, he still insists the scribes, in their reportage, were all out to drag his name through the mire. - Tipo de fuente
- webpage
- Autor
- Staff Reporter
- Título de la fuente
- Daily News scribes charged for “defaming” tycoon
- Año
- 2014
- Web
- http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-15198-Scribes+charged+for+%22defaming%22+Hre+tycoon/news.aspx
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Estándar
- Marca dialectal
- General
- Frecuencia
- Raro