pot shot

الإنجليزية - التركية

الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية

تعريف pot shot في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.: By analogy, insulting or hurtful words carelessly or randomly said
Why should Jonathan, Ruth and all the others have to stay out there like sitting ducks as policemen and their smug reporter friends took pot shots at them?.; A haphazard shot with a firearm, taken with careless aim, often fired at a random target; A shot taken from a hidden stakeout; A pot shot is a criticism of someone which may be unexpected and unfair. Republican rivals taking pot shots at the president. take a pot shot at sb/sth a) to shoot at someone or something without aiming very carefully (pot + shot; from the idea of shooting something to cook it and eat it); To take a pot shot at someone or something means to shoot at them without taking the time to aim carefully; a shot fired simply to fill the pot; hence, a shot fired at an animal or person when at rest or within easy range, or fired simply to kill, without reference to the rules of sport; a shot needling no special skill; Lit
pot shots: plural form of pot shot
potshot: Unwarranted, invalid or inaccurate criticism
potshot: a shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter) criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration; "reporters took potshots at the mayor
potshot: a shot taken at an easy or random target
potshot: {i} shot from close range; random shot, aimless shot

pot shot

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pät şät

/ˈpät ˈsʜät/ /ˈpɑːt ˈʃɑːt/

() * from pothunter's shot - one who shoots for trophies, or * shots taken for the pot, ie for food.

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