speak ill of

Significado

1. Oxford100% de las películas

   to say or think bad things about sb

   I'm not one to speak ill of the children.

   I don't speak ill of dead, but Richard and his dad didn't see eye to eye from start.

En las películas · 4

• When you speak ill of the devil, how he takes it at heart.Twelfth Night2012
• I don't speak ill of dead, but Richard and his dad didn't see eye to eye from start.Starve Acre2024
• You shouldn't speak ill of the dead.Beautiful Thing1996
• Don't speak ill of the dead, Frank.Where the Crawdads Sing2022
• There's not a nobleman in this hall who would speak ill of your father.The Last Duel2021
• I'm not one to speak ill of the children.Mary Poppins1964
• In the name of Forge Fitzwilliam, the prisoner is hereby sentenced to death by dismemberment, for the crime of speaking ill of our leader.Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves2023

Apréndela en escenas completas

• Twelfth Night2012
  • Orsino's Speech on Music and Love
  • Viola Disguises Herself as a Man
  • Sir Andrew Boasts About Dancing
• Beautiful Thing1996
  • Sandra Catches the Boys Bunking Off
  • Neighbours Shout Over Leah's Music
  • Jamie and Steven Read in Bed

De la misma entrada

• be on speaking terms
• generally, broadly, roughly, relatively, speaking
• no… to speak of
• so to speak
• speak for itself
• speak for myself
• speak for yourself
• speaking as
• speak your mind
• speak out of turn
• speak volumes
• actions speak louder than words