backbite in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for backbite in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.backbite <pt backbit, pp backbitten, backbit> [Brit ˈbakbʌɪt, Am ˈbækˌbaɪt] VB trans

backbite

sparlare di, parlare alle spalle di, calunniare

II.backbite <pt backbit, pp backbitten, backbit> [Brit ˈbakbʌɪt, Am ˈbækˌbaɪt] VB intr

backbite

sparlare, parlare alle spalle, calunniare

Translations for backbite in the Italian»English Dictionary

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calunniare qn alle spalle

to backbite sb

sparlare di qn

to backbite sb, to badmouth sb, to speak ill of sb, to spread or tell tales of sb

sparlare alle spalle di qn

to backbite sb, to talk behind sb's back

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When they are in public, they show a stylish united front and in private they don't backbite about each other.

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It is a sin too to backbite and criticize the church.

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Pick a grape when it's merely sweet rather than fully ripe and the resulting wine can taste confected (and have a nasty tannic backbite).

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And do not spy or backbite each other.

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Siblings sell each other out, backbite, lie and cheat.

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Avoid most suspicions, verily some suspicion is a sin and do not look out for faults and do not backbite one another.

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The active end can backbite the chain, forming a macrocycle.

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And spy not, neither backbite one another.

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There can't be much love in a society where people backbite or always find fault with each other.

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