後うしろ指ゆび

noun

backbiting; criticizing behind one's back

Almost always used in the passive phrase 後ろ指を指される, meaning 'to be talked about behind one's back' or 'to be the target of backbiting'.

See also: 後ろ指を指される

• 彼かれは陰かげで後うしろ指ゆびを指さされるようなことは何なにもしていない。

  He hasn't done anything that would make people talk behind his back.

• あの政せい治じ家かはいつも後うしろ指ゆびを指さされている。

  That politician is always being criticized behind his back.