Idiom
talk trash
Meaning
To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't talk trash about your teammates.”
“The players started to talk trash during the game, which made the referee very angry.”
“He often talks trash about his rivals to undermine their confidence before a major competition.”
Examples
simple
“Don't talk trash about your teammates.”
contextual
“The players started to talk trash during the game, which made the referee very angry.”
complex
“He often talks trash about his rivals to undermine their confidence before a major competition.”
Origin
From *talk* ("to speak of, to discuss") and *trash* ("a worthless assertion for being untrue"). The phrasal verb describes the delivery of statements that are discarded upon receipt.
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