take someone's name in vain

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To speak insultingly about someone, especially behind their back.
    — He never once took her name in vain among the fellows: and she had not been a very good girl, either.

词形变化

takes someone's name in vain present,singular,third-person taking someone's name in vain participle,present took someone's name in vain past taken someone's name in vain participle,past

词源

By extension from the widely known religious proscription against taking the Lord's name in vain, that is, uttering it in ways that are gratuitous and irreverent, such as swearing oaths casually.
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