coup de pied de l'âne
French
editEtymology
editFrom the fable Le Lion devenu vieux by Jean de La Fontaine.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcoup de pied de l’âne m (plural coups de pied de l’âne)
- cheap shot (cowardly shot directed at someone who was once stronger than oneself but is now too weak to defend themselves, and whose weakness one takes advantage of to exact some sort of revenge)