dish the dirt

/dɪʃ ðə dɜːrt/◆idiom

reveal gossip

She loves to dish the dirt about her coworkers.

She enjoys sharing gossip about her coworkers.

informal

To share scandalous or unflattering information about someone.

At the reunion, everyone was busy dish the dirt on old classmates.

At the reunion, everyone was busy gossiping about former classmates.

Usually used with 'on' or 'about' and implies a sense of excitement or titillation.

dish the dirt onreveal gossip about (someone)dish the dirt aboutshare scandalous details concerning (someone)

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