dish the dirt

1. Spread gossip or scandal, as in Sally was notorious for dishing the dirt. [Slang; 1920s]

Example Sentences

And it's even more impossible when they dish the dirt on their ex themselves.

From BBC

But perhaps that’s not the remit, on a show for which the pair are engaged with a major streaming corporation to dish the dirt once more.

From New York Times

That interview, shortly after McMaster was fired, rather nonplussed some in a Washington press corps eager to hear him dish the dirt on Trump.

From The Guardian

"For years afterwards, whenever something happened to me, the press would turn up on her doorstep, looking for her to dish the dirt" wrote Sir Elton in his autobiography, Me.

From BBC

A waiter named Hugo would sit down at the end of the night and dish the dirt.

From New York Times