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cast aspersions on sb/sth
A Honey, why don't you go on back to Mandy Blackburn ? Her pygmy mentality is much closer to you now. Much closer.
B Yeah, well, I can't go back to her.
A Oh, why not ?
B She cast aspersions on my manhood.
   
A Someone will show.
B Maybe you don't want someone exactly like you ? You know what they say : opposites attract.
A Well, by that logic. I should be with someone short, dull and needy ? Not to cast aspersions, but I can shake a stick around here without hitting that.
   
A ... take a bartender. I hate bartenders. Do you know why ? Because they thrive on other people's misery. But ... but I can't cast aspersions. You got to make a living in this life. Come on, let's have a drink. You look depressed.
B Okay !
   
** a statement that attacks somebody's character or reputation **
 
His opponents cast aspersions on his patriotism.
 
 

don't play dumb

slip my mind

a slip of the tongue

on the fence

beck and call

under a lot of pressure

under no circumstances

get over yourself

pipe dream

suck up

You're one to talk

steal one's thunder

swoop in

We all chipped in

barking up the wrong tree

ramble on

make peace with it

off and on

set in motion

too close to home

a walk in the park

go to great lengths

drop the ball

put sb up to sth

 

 

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