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Better a fierce backbiting than a knife in the back ... "
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backbiting
NOUN
malicious talk about someone who is not present:

"members have grown tired of the backbiting in the group"
"there were backbiting accusations among some sections of the press"

The fierce backbiting of the alliance's "brain death" era—as described by French President Emmanuel Macron in 2019—is generally in the rear view mirror, though the possible return of former President Donald Trump to the Oval Office may portend renewed future turbulence.

Similar:
slander
libel
defamation
abuse
character assassination
scandalmongering
disparagement
denigration
vilification
vituperation
calumny
revilement
insults
slurs
aspersions
malicious talk
spiteful talk

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backstabbing
noun
Synonyms of backstabbing
: betrayal (as by a verbal attack against one not present) especially by a false friend
backstab
verb
She was known to backstab her coworkers
backstabber

noun
He had a reputation as a gossiper and backstabber.
backstabby

adjective informal
competitive backstabby people

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Translate backbiting to German:
ueble Nachrede
Verleumdung
Rufmord
jemanden "durchhecheln" -
sich ueber jemanden auslassen, ueber jemanden oder etwas klatschen
beschwatzen, durchsprechen, herziehen, laestern
Verleumdung (Deutsch)
Bedeutungen:

[1] Rufschaedigung durch falsche Aussagen oder Behauptungen
[2] deutsches Strafrecht: Straftatbestand des § 187 StGB, der verwirklicht ist, wenn jemand wider besseres Wissen ueber einen anderen eine unwahre Tatsache, also Vorgaenge oder Zust;nde der Vergangenheit oder der Gegenwart, die dem Beweis zug;nglich sind, behauptet, das heisst, als nach seiner eigenen Ueberzeugung wahr hinstellt, oder verbreitet, sie also als Gegenstand fremden Wissens weitergibt, die dazu geeignet ist, diesen veraechtlich zu machen, ihn in der oeffentlichen Meinung herabzuwuerdigen oder seinen Kredit zu gefaehrden
Herkunft:

Ableitung vom Stamm des Verbs verleumden mit dem Ableitungsmorphem -ung
Synonyme:

[1] Diffamierung, ;ble Nachrede

Злословие (злоязычие)
хула, поклёп, травля, клевета
пасквиль, пасквилянт

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a stab in the back
A betrayal; an act of treachery.
It felt like a stab in the back to hear that Paul was going out with my ex-girlfriend.
The campaign coordinator's mid-race shift of allegiance will be quite a stab in the back for the incumbent president.
My so-called friends started that awful rumor about me? Wow, talk about a stab in the back.
See also: back, stab
stab (one) in the back
To betray someone's confidence or trust.
These companies all want to pretend like they're your friend, but they'll stab you in the back the moment it makes financial sense for them.
The gangster's second in command stabbed him in the back to assume control over the entire criminal organization.
See also: back, stab
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
stab someone in the back
1. Lit. to thrust a knife into someone's back. Max planned to stab his hostage in the back if he screamed. The murderer stabbed his victim in the back and fled.
2. Fig. to betray someone. I wish you would not gossip about me. There is no need to stab me in the back.
See also: back, stab
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
stab (someone) in the back
To harm (someone) by treachery or betrayal of trust.
See also: back, stab
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
stab in the back, a
A treacherous attack. Surprisingly, this term has been used figuratively only since the early twentieth century; literally it must be as old as the word “stab” (fourteenth century). Rudyard Kipling used it in Limits and Renewals (1932): “He . . . stabs me in the back with his crazy schemes for betterment.”
See also: stab
The Dictionary of Clich;s by Christine Ammer Copyright © 2013 by Christine Ammer
See also:
a stab in the back
stab in the back, a
a knife in the back
sided
siding
nickel nurser
send (out) a mixed message
send (out) a mixed signal
book on out
booking