name no names Idiom, Proverb

drop a name/drop names

pretend you know famous people, name dropper He was dropping names at the interview - Klein, Clinton etc.

call names

use ugly or unkind words when speaking to sb．骂人
The child was punished by the teacher for calling names．那个小孩因骂人而受到老师的惩罚。

call sb names

Idiom(s): call sb names

Theme: INSULT

to call a person unpleasant or insulting names. (Usually viewed as a juvenile act.)
• Mommy! John is calling me names again!
• We'll never get anywhere by calling one another names.

Sticks and stones will break my bones but names w

Physical attacks may harm me, but cruel words will not.

call names|call|name|names

v. phr. To use ugly or unkind words when speaking to someone or when talking about someone.

Usually used by or to children. Bill got so mad he started calling Frank names.

drop names

drop names
Refer to important persons as acquaintances in order to impress the listener. For example, Her habit of dropping names made everyone very skeptical about her veracity. [Mid-1900s]

name names

name names
Specify persons by name, especially those who are accused of something. For example, More than one person was involved in the robbery, and his lawyer said he would get a shorter sentence if he named names. It is also put negatively, name no names, as in Some of our neighbors disobey the town's leash law, but I'm naming no names. The negative form was first recorded in 1792.

name no names

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name no names

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