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go for the jugular
idiom
to make a serious effort to defeat someone, usually by criticizing or harming them in a cruel way: 攻击要害;给予致命一击
Cunningham went straight for the jugular, telling him that his work was a complete disaster.坎宁安直指要害，抨击他的工作是个彻底的失败。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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animadversion
aspersion
aw
backbite
barrel
bash
belabour
boo
disapprobation
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knocker
let someone have both barrelsidiom
low blow
mordacious
mordancy
pile
slam
there you goidiom
union-basher
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