- be universally condemned; be condemned by the public; be in the dock; be up for general castigation with a thousand accusing fingers levelled against one; face a thousand accusing fingers:
When everybody speaks against a person, it will make him tired of life [frightened to death].; A thousand pointing fingers accuse, and a man dies even without a sickness.; It is dangerous to incur public wrath.
千夫所指,无病而死。