cast aspersions | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To makedamagingorspitefulremarks.Don'tcast aspersionson me, or on my patriotism.1911,Joseph Conrad,Under Western Eyes‎[1]:“You arecasting aspersions,” remonstrated Peter Ivanovitch, “which as far as you are concerned—” “No!” Razumov interrupted without heat. “Indeed, I don’t want tocast aspersions, but it’s just as well to have no illusions.” Peter Ivanovitch gave him an inscrutable glance of his dark spectacles, accompanied by a faint smile. “The man who says that he has no illusions has at least that one,” he said, in a very friendly tone.2014,Astra Taylor, chapter 2, inThe People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company,→ISBN:Dismissing stability as the refusal to innovate (or rather cut costs), business leaderscast aspersionson the steadying tenets of the first half of the twentieth century, including social provisions and job security.2024October 9, Goh Yan Han, “Death penalty exhibition rejected over ‘false and one-sided’ info, possible contempt of court: IMDA”, inThe Straits Times‎[2]:However, the exhibition was refused classification as it “contains materials thatcast aspersionson the integrity of, and undermine public trust and confidence in public institutions involved in the administration of justice”.

Examples:

EN: Henri Saffron will not cast aspersions on a woman.
ES: Henri Saffron no pondrá a ninguna mujer en entredicho.
EN: No, it's better to say upfront that with the job Tiziana does, it's easy to cast aspersions on me.
ES: Es mejor aclararlo enseguida, porque con lo que hace Tiziana es fácil equivocarse conmigo.
EN: Well, i don't mean to cast aspersions on j. Edgar, but he was never a man to shun the public eye.
ES: Bueno, no pretendo echar tierra sobre J. Edgar, pero él nunca ha sido un hombre que rechazara el ojo público.
EN: I don't like to cast aspersions on the dead... but Amanda did take on a grudge... like a steel trap to a rabbit's foot.
ES: No me gusta hablar mal de los muertos, pero cuando Amanda te tomaba rencor, era como una trampa de acero.
EN: A Turkish cavalry officer cast aspersions on it.
ES: Un oficial de la caballería turca lo difamó.
EN: It's easy for you to cast aspersions. You weren't down here!
ES: Es fácil para usted ponerlo en duda, Sr. Jago, no estuvo aquí abajo.
EN: I don't want to cast aspersions on your father but considering how Elmo and Father Paddy were, uh, sired, I mean, did it ever occur to you that your father may be...
ES: No quiero denigrar a tu padre pero considerando como Elmo y el padre Paddy fueron engendrados, es decir, jamás se te ocurrió que tu padre quizás...
EN: The emptiness of their lives causes them to cast aspersions on yours.
ES: El vacío de su vida causas ellos emitidos en entredicho a los suyos.
EN: That'll teach you to cast aspersions on my sexuality, Vyvyan.
ES: Por difundir calumnias sobre mi sexualidad.
EN: I don't think your Capt. Greybar is qualified to cast aspersions on the character of others.
ES: No creo que tu Capitán Greybar este calificado para emitir juicio sobre el caracter de otros.
EN: I'm sure Dr Ryan didn't mean to cast aspersions on... If that's how you perceived it, I... I'll take it up with her at the earliest opportunity.
ES: Estoy seguro que la Dra. Ryan no tiene intención de poner en duda... si así es como lo percibió, yo... hablaré con ella en la primera oportunidad, gracias.
EN: How can you cast aspersions on anyone without even knowing him?
ES: ¿Cómo puedes difamar a alguien sin aún conocerlo?
EN: Instead, they cast aspersions on his loyalty, and said... he could share his bed with a native, but not his loyalty.
ES: En su lugar, pusieron en entre dicho su lealtad, y dijeron... que podía compartir su lecho con una nativa, pero no su lealtad.
EN: Say, buddy, not to cast aspersions on your survival instincts or nothing, but haven't mammoths pretty much gone extinct?
ES: No quisiera poner en duda tus instintos de supervivencia, pero ¿no se extinguieron ya los mamuts?
EN: I don't mean to cast aspersions, but I think it might be a, uh... it's a vampire-- an extremely frustrated and dangerous one.
ES: No quiero hablar mal, pero creo que podría ser-- Es un vampiro. Uno extremadamente frustrado y peligroso.

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