hit below the belt
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.
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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hit below the belt
see below the belt.
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