hit below the belt 的定义
- To say something that is often too personal, usually irrelevant, and always unfair: “To remind reformed alcoholics of their drinking problem is to hit below the belt.” The expression comes from boxing, in which it is illegal to hit an opponent below the belt.
hit below the belt 近义词
等同于 play dirty
更多hit below the belt例句
- France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
- The most recent issue contains detailed instructions for building car bombs, and the magazine frequently draws up hit-lists.
- Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
- Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
- The big slug happened to hit the suspect in the street, passing through his arm and then striking Police Officer Andrew Dossi.
- Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
- Before the spinet a bench was placed about four feet below the keys, and I was put upon the bench.
- Many of us had been hit by the balls, but a bruise or a graze of the skin was the worst consequence that had ensued.
- I have drawn a Line between the figures at the extream changes, that next below the Line is the extream.
- The left heel followed like lightning, and the right paw also slipped, letting the bear again fall heavily on the ice below.