悪わる口くちを言いう
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, う)
1. to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
Kanji used
bad
mouth
say
Composed of
(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
to insult someone behind their back
Examples (12 in total)
Don't speak ill of others.
You shouldn't speak ill of others.
Don't speak ill of him in public.