| 释义 |
drag the name of someone/thing through the dirt informal Give someone or something a bad reputation through bad behaviour or damaging revelations.He dragged my name through the dirt for no reason....- For her beliefs, angry mobs harassed her, hung her in effigy, and dragged her image through the streets, while the press dragged her name through the mud.
- As commanding officer of the Scots Guards he told a pack of lies about Peter's murder and dragged his name through the dirt.
See parent entry: dirt |