Expressions (A–Z)
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Brought His Evil Report
See: "A slander was spread."
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C
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Cast dirt
By metaphor: to defame. To slander.
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I
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I have spoken the truth / Veritas convicii excusat (L)
A legal defense against a libel or slander claim. 'The truth absolves from punis...
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Impurity of the Lips
Words of gossip and lies. Slanderous newspaper allegations.
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Let no person utter an unseemly word from his mouth
A person must not defile his speech or say coarse and indecent things. One shoul...
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M
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Man of tongue
A person who tends to gossip or speak slander. Or: a person knowledgeable in lan...
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No arrow is sharper than the tongue
Nothing can hurt more than words spoken, such as slander, defamation, incitement...
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Nonsense talk/ vain talk
Words of vanity lacking any substance. Words of folly. Or: words of exaggeration...
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Of the dead say nothing but good / Speak no evil of the dead / De mortuis nil nisi bonum (Latin)
After a person dies, one should speak only of their goodness and tell only good...
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One does not speak ill of the dead
See: "After the death — speak of the holy".
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