出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第183页(230字)
给人抓住证据作为话柄.例他在公司身居要职.却不敢安插任何亲友,生怕贻人口实。
Though he is in a position of authority in the company,he has appointed no friends or relatives so as to give people any grounds for scandal.