praise him behind his back

praise him behind his back

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is mi à NY ú B è Ihu à, which means praise in person and slander behind. It's the same as "reputation is ruined". It comes from Zhuangzi's stealing Zhi.

The origin of Idioms

"Zhuangzi's stealing the paw" says: "if I hear about it, those who have a good face and reputation will be destroyed by their back."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] face reputation goes back to blame, face reputation goes back to ruin and [antonym] be respectful and respectful

Idiom usage

It's a combination; it's a predicate, an attribute, an adverbial; it's used to be a person; it's a commendatory word. But in modern times, when friends cheat, when they live in groups, they laugh, insult and joke, flatter and ruin each other, do not tell each other what is good, and do not correct what is wrong. The revelation of Shuangxi academy by Chen Kewei in Song Dynasty