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French
Etymology
From the fable Le Lion devenu vieux by Jean de La Fontaine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku də pje d(ə) l‿an/ ~ /ku də pje d(ə) l‿ɑn/
Noun
coup 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)
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