attaque en règle

French - English

Definition of attaque en règle in French English dictionary

{n} brickbat

A criticism or uncomplimentary remark hurled at artwork or other recipient

Reason Magazine: Daily Brickbat.

: A piece of brick used as a weapon, especially if thrown, or placed in something like a sock and used as a club

{n} a broken piece or part of a brick

blunt criticism a fragment of brick used as a weapon

a fragment of brick used as a weapon

{i} broken brick; brick or other hard object which is thrown as a weapon; rude or derogatory comment

See Bat, 4

A piece of brick used as a weapon, especially if thrown, or placed in something like a sock and used as a club

blunt criticism

A piece or fragment of a brick

Brickbats are very critical or insulting remarks which are made in public about someone or something. a criticism of something (brickbat (16-20 centuries), from brick + bat (16-17 centuries))