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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.

08:08 14.09.19
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