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mud-slinging

sling/throw mud at someone - if someone slings mud at another person, they try to make other people have a low opinion of them by saying unpleasant things about them. I left Hollywood because I was fed up with all the mud-slinging that goes on there.

Sling your hook! (British, informal, old-fashioned)

an impolite way of telling someone to go away. When he couldn't pay the rent, she told him to sling his hook.

See also: hook

sling/throw mud at someone

if someone slings mud at another person, they try to make other people have a low opinion of them by saying unpleasant things about them. Companies should think carefully before slinging mud at someone who may respond with a libel action costing millions of dollars.

See also: mud, throw

the slings and arrows (of outrageous fortune) (literary)

unpleasant things that happen to you that you cannot prevent. We all have to suffer the slings and arrows, so there's no point getting depressed when things go wrong.

See also: arrow

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slings and arrows

unpleasant, negative attacks. He was surprised by the slings and arrows directed at him by several economists.

Etymology: from the phrase “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” in Shakespeare's play “Hamlet”

See also: arrow