Throw some dirt on sy

[gorilla]

It's "said" to a dead man (hated by speaker) ironically: "If I pass this way again I'll be sure to throw some dirt on you."
What is this throwing? Is it some ritual thing?

[Marylin]

Originally Posted by gorilla

It's "said" to a dead man (hated by speaker) ironically: "If I pass this way again I'll be sure to throw some dirt on you."
What is this throwing? Is it some ritual thing?

It's a slang expression meaning to "malign, to slander" which, in turn, means to make untrue derogatory statements about someone else.

[gorilla]

Thanks! Yeah I know that expression, it also exists in my language... I thought in English it would be without 'some' and just 'throw dirt on somebody'. Maybe the 'some' is there for the other meaning of the word-play...