poor mouth Idiom, Proverb

a bad taste in my mouth

a feeling that something is false or unfair, a feeling of ill will I left the meeting with a bad taste in my mouth. There was a lot of dishonesty in the room.

bad-mouth

say bad things about someone The football players are always bad-mouthing their coach.

bad taste in my mouth

(See a bad taste in my mouth)

badmouth

criticize, say bad things about, put down Don't badmouth employers. Don't criticize your references.

big mouth

someone who talks too loud, loud mouth Every crowd has a big mouth - some guy who yells at the cops.

blabbermouth

a very talkative person--especially one who says things that

born with a silver spoon in his mouth

born into a rich family, accustomed to wealth "Jason won't look for a job; he was born with a silver spoon... ."

butter wouldn't melt in his mouth

he is very calm and clear, he is a smooth talker When he's talking to voters, butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.

by word of mouth

by one person speaking to another, person to person, through the grapevine News of his birth traveled by word of mouth. Soon everyone knew that Mary had a baby boy.

don't look a gift horse in the mouth

do not be critical of a gift, be grateful for a gift Don't evaluate a gift. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

poor-mouth

1. verb To allege negatively, disparagingly, or unflatteringly about addition or something. Why are you consistently poor-mouthing Tiffany? You don't alike apperceive her that well! I'm not aggravating to abuse my peers, I aloof appetite to be honest about my acquaintance in this industry.2. verb To accuse again or endlessly of one's poverty, abnormally so as to affect accord or alms in others. Tom consistently starts poor-mouthing whenever we go out for a meal, whining about how things are too big-ticket on his bargain income. I usually end up affairs his banquet for him aloof to shut him up! You've poor-mouthed to me for the aftermost time, Nancy. Either you pay your allotment of the rent, or you get out.3. noun A complaint or appeal about one's abjection or bound banking means. I'm not aggravating to comedy the abuse or anything, but I appetite to explain why I can't appear forth on the trip. He ordered the best big-ticket items on the menu, again had the acrimony to put on the abuse back it came time to admeasure up the bill!

poor-mouth

1. tv. to allege ill of someone. (Learn added bad-mouth.) Please don’t abuse my brother.
2. in. to allege again of how little money one has; to appeal poverty. Spend added time attractive for a job and beneath time poor-mouthing.

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More Idioms/Phrases

don't knock it don't know him from Adam don't know the first thing about it don't know the half of it don't know whether you're coming or going don't know which end is up don't know which side your bread is buttered on don't know your ass from a hole in the ground don't look a gift horse in the mouth don't make a mountain out of a molehill don't make me laugh don't make waves don't mention it don't push your luck don't put all your eggs in one basket don't rock the boat don't sweat it