“They might fluff their lines a lot, the costumes might look as if they've seen better days, and the plot might be as loose as the screws in their heads, but this is family entertainment at its best.”

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To make an inaccurate or poor contact or strike

mishit

Verb

To fail to have the intended effect or result

come apart at the seams

go down like a lead balloon

not come up to scratch

fall short of expectations

fall flat on your face

blow up in someone's face

not come up to the mark

plough^UK

plow^US

not come up to expectations

end in disappointment

go over like a lead balloon

have an adverse effect

spring back

be counterproductive

not go as planned

have unwelcome repercussions for

bounce back

cause one to be hoist with one's own petard

come back

not make the grade at

be unsuccessful in

not come up to the mark in

not come up to scratch in

submit

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To make something fluffy or increase its fluffiness

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To speak or write at length in a vague or trivial manner

verbalise^UK

verbalize^US

talk nineteen to the dozen

engage in conversation

shoot one's mouth off

talk the hind legs off a donkey

drool

sputter

bumble

dialog^US

dialogue^UK

rumor^US

rumour^UK

talk ten to the dozen

go on about

talk through one's hat

talk the hind leg off a donkey

vocalize^US

vocalise^UK

socialize^US

socialise^UK

consult with each other

spread rumors

tell on

talk someone's ear off

rhapsodise^UK

rhapsodize^US

publicize^US

summarise^UK

emphasize^US

publicise^UK

summarize^US

emphasise^UK

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To find fault (with something)

criticize^US

pummelled^UK

pummel^US

give someone a roasting

give someone a dressing-down

remonstrate with

let someone have it

give someone a rollicking

rap over the knuckles

baste

tongue-lash

give someone a telling-off

give someone a bollocking

give someone an earful

jaw

pull up

give someone what for

belittle

give someone a mouthful

wig

assail

score

give someone a wigging

give someone a rating

belabor^US

belabour^UK

give someone a caning

give someone some stick

send someone away with a flea in their ear

minimize^US

minimise^UK

stigmatize^US

jump down one's throat

stigmatise^UK

give someone a bad press

declaim

tear to pieces

trivialize^US

underestimate

express disapproval of

kick up a stink about

marginalize^US

marginalise^UK

trivialise^UK

give a piece of one's mind

give something a battering

give something a bad press

make light of

bite someone's head off

ostracize^US

ostracise^UK

express a poor opinion of

demonize^US

demonise^UK

dishonour^UK

dishonor^US

snap someone's head off

lodge a protest against

express disagreement with

sully the reputation of

lay out

blacken the reputation of

be in opposition to

take a swipe at

conduct a smear campaign against

frown upon

laugh at

rag on

complain vociferously about

jump down someone's throat

lose one's temper with

satirize^US

satirise^UK

criticise^UK

blacken someone's reputation

moralise^UK

moralize^US

have someone on the carpet

rap across the knuckles

severely reprimand

give someone bondi

make fun of

tear someone a new one

give someone a dressing down

give someone a telling off

mete out punishment to

make an example of

rap someone the knuckles

drag over the coals

give someone a carpeting

express strong disapproval of

set upon

rap knuckles

come down on like a ton of bricks

give a tongue-lashing

speak of with disfavour

think badly of

be unkind about

express disapprobation

blacken the character of

have a pop at

sling mud at

express disapprobation of

injure one's reputation

damage one's good name

hold someone to blame

send someone away with a flea in his

express objections to

disagree violently with

make a protest against

kick against

make a stand against

put up a fight against

complain bitterly about

kick up

take great exception to

baulk^UK

balk^US

scandalize^US

scandalise^UK

drag through the mire

look down one's nose at

flout

underemphasize

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

run a smear campaign against

blacken someone's name

jibe at

sneeze at

sully someone's reputation

drag someone's name through the mud

treat disrespectfully

dehumanize^US

dehumanise^UK

write false reports about

drag name through mud

drag someone's name through the mire

bastardize^US

demoralise^UK

demoralize^US

lower someone's dignity

lower someone's status

set too little store by

give a bad name to

make someone eat crow

cause to lose face

lose face

put someone in their place

take down a peg or two

bastardise^UK

abandon one's principles

be contemptuous about

be allergic to

show contempt for

turn up one's nose at

hurt somebody's feelings

quiz

injure the reputation of

cast aspersion

blacken someone's character

tarnish someone's name

taint someone's name

stain someone's good name

ruin the reputation of

damage someone's reputation

destroy someone's credibility

imitate

defame someone's character

have a crack at

make cutting remarks about

tell someone to get lost

have no use for

have contempt for

refuse to acknowledge

give the cold shoulder to

sweep aside

give someone the brush-off

cold-shoulder

cast aside

look right through someone

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To lose one's footing (and slide or fall unintentionally)

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