brickbat

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AS BOSS of British Airways, Willie Walsh has received more brickbats than bouquets lately.
近日，人們對英航老板威利?沃什貶多褒少。
The mill yawned all ruinous with unglazed frames; the yard was thickly bestrewn with stones and brickbats .
由於玻璃都打爛了，工廠象張開大口似地露出一片劫後慘案，院子到処撒滿了石塊、碎甎。
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There is no gainsaying the power of word of mouth to make or break a new product. Just ask those who have been on the receiving end of consumer brickbats or bouquets.
沒有人否認口碑擁有成就或燬滅一個新産品的強大力量，衹要問問那些曾被消費者大肆抨擊或贊敭的廠商，你自然就會明白。

Big new buildings, such as the British Library, tend to attract brickbats rather than praise.
ECONOMIST: The uses of industrial dereliction
Not driving the various players of society into their respective corner and asking them to throw brickbats at each other.
FORBES: Connect
Some of the heaviest brickbats being hurled at Mr Milosevic are from people who blame him not for starting the war—but only for losing it.
ECONOMIST: Can the Serbs get rid of Milosevic?

Brickbats are very critical or insulting remarks which are made in public about someone or something.