Idiom

Idiom
Achter het gat spreken/klappen
Meaning
kwaad spreken
Dialect
Wambeeks
ID
1392

Properties

Gloss and translation

id: 331

Mostly acceptable

Achter behind het the.SG.N gat butt spreken/klappen speak/clap

to slander/gossip/badmouth about someone in his absence (Lit.: to talk behind the butt)

Structure

General structure
V PP
Is the DO modified (by an adjective)?
No

Verbal properties

Aspect
Simple
Tense
Present
Voice
Active

Sentences

Mostly acceptable
Ik geef toe dat ik vaak achter zijn gat spreek/klap.
Acceptability varies by speaker
Amai, achter het gat spreek/klap ik wel vaak.