low blow

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low blow (plural low blows)

(boxing) An unfair or illegal blow that lands below the opponent’s waist.
(figurative, by extension) Any attack that is considered unfair or unscrupulous.

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an unfair or illegal blow in boxing

Catalan: cop baix (ca) m
Finnish: isku vyön alle
French: coup bas (fr) m
German: Tiefschlag m
Hebrew: מכה מתחת לחגורה (he) f (maká mitákhat lakhagorá)
Hungarian: övön aluli ütés
Irish: buille íseal m
Italian: colpo basso (it)
Polish: cios poniżej pasa m
Romanian: lovitură sub centură f
Russian: уда́р ни́же по́яса (ru) m (udár níže pójasa)
Spanish: golpe bajo
Swedish: slag under bältet (sv) n
Ukrainian: уда́р ни́жче по́яса m (udár nýžče pójasa)

an unfair attack

Catalan: cop baix (ca) m
Chinese: 不公平的事
Finnish: isku vyön alle
French: coup bas (fr) m
Hungarian: (adjective) övön aluli
Italian: colpo basso (it)
Polish: cios poniżej pasa (pl) m
Romanian: lovitură sub centură f
Russian: уда́р ни́же по́яса (ru) m (udár níže pójasa)
Spanish: golpe bajo m
Swedish: slag under bältet (sv) n
Ukrainian: уда́р ни́жче по́яса m (udár nýžče pójasa)

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