English Idioms: Behind one’s back

English Idioms About “General”
Idiom: No comment
Meaning: An “official” refusal to relay any further information, as a response to a newspaper reporter’s question.
Example: The district attorney said, “No comment,” when the reporter asked if he knew the identity of the criminal.

English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Put money on somebody or something
Meaning: To bet money or to believe that someone will accomplish something or that something will happen.
Example: He will pass the exam – I’d put money on it.

English Idioms About “Health”
Idiom: White as a sheet
Meaning: (Also as white as a sheet) said about someone whose face is very pale because of illness, shock or fear.
Example: Joe looks as white as sheet. He must be very ill.

English Idioms About “Law”
Idiom: Possession is nine points of the law
Meaning: Possession is nine points of the lawis a phrase used to suggest that if you really possess something, you will easily claim its ownership than someone who just says it belongs to him or her. The phrase comes from the early English property system, where the right to possession of property was endorsed by the king in the form of nine traditional writs. These writs evolved into the nine original laws defining property ownership, hence the expression “possession is nine points in the law.”
Example: The jacket you are wearing is presumed to be yours, unless someone can prove that it is not. Possession is nine points of the law.

English Idioms About “Crime”
Idiom: Beat the rap
Meaning: To beat the rap means to evade conviction and punishment for a crime.
Example: The lawyer helped John beat the rap after being caught by the police.

English Idioms About “Work”
Idiom: Dirty work
Meaning: (Also do the dirty work) unpleasant work or dishonest action.
Example: 1. I don’t know but I feel there is some dirty work going on in this company. 2. I always have to do the dirty work. I never have fun.