| 词汇 | below-the-belt |
| 释义 | below the beltidiom informal If a remark is below the belt, it is very insulting and unfair.暗箭伤人的;不公正的 Unkind, cruel & unfeeling acerbic acerbically acerbity acidly anti-cruelty cruel cruelly cruelty cruelty to someone/something cutthroat meanness mental cruelty merciless mercilessly mordant trenchant trenchantly uncharitable uncharitably unchristian If my hair was as simple a matter as yours—" this hit at his unprotected pate seemed rather a blow below the belt—"there would be no difficulty. It was mean of Rosalind to hit below the belt like that, when she knew that she was safe. The press inspired by Senator Winter had begun to strike below the belt. We say a person has "hit below the belt" if we think he has done or said something unfair in an argument or quarrel. Willie has handed me several little blows below the belt that I don't like. |
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