English of the Day

Idiom of the Day

📚dig up dirt

✍🏾Meaning:

If you dig up dirt on someone, you try to find details from their past to make them look bad in the present.

❕For example:

🔺Many politicians pay people to dig up dirt on their opponents, and then pass the information to the media. 🔺Very few of our leaders come from disadvantaged backgrounds because it's so easy to dig up dirt on them or their family members.

©Note: We can also say "dig up the dirt", "dig the dirt up" and "dig the dirt", all of which have the same meaning.

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