backstabber - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
backstabber (plural backstabbers)
- A traitor or hypocrite, such as a co-worker or friend assumed trustworthy but who figuratively attacks when one's back is turned.
- Synonym: snake in the grass
- Antonym: backstabbee
- Hyponym: smiling assassin
a traitor or hypocrite
- Bulgarian: скрита опасност f (skrita opasnost)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 负心人 (fùxīnrén)
- Dutch: matennaaier (nl) (literally “buddy fucker”), NSB'er m
- Finnish: liero (fi), selkäänpuukottaja, petturi (fi)
- French: hypocrite (fr), serpent (fr) m, faux jeton (fr) m, faux frère (fr) m
- German: Verräter (de)
- Greek: φίδι (el) n (fídi)
- Hindi: आस्तीन का सांप (āstīn kā sāmp)
- Icelandic: eiturnaðra f, rógberi m, slanga í paradís f
- Indonesian: munafik (id)
- Italian: ipocrita (it)
- Japanese: 裏切り者 (ja) (uragirimono)
- Polish: żmija (pl) f
- Russian: змея́ подколо́дная (ru) f (zmejá podkolódnaja)
- Spanish: traidor (es)