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Английский Этимологический словарь - potshot

 
 

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Potshot

potshot
- 1858, "shot taken at animal simply to kill for food," in other words, to get it in the pot, not for sporting or marksmanship. Extended sense of "opportunistic criticism" first recorded 1926.
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1.
  {n.} A direct shot at an easy, stationary target from behind a protected position or camouflage; criticism. * /Modern journalists like to take potshots at the president of the United States./ ...
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   I. noun  Etymology: from the notion that such a shot is unsportsmanlike and worthy only of one whose object is to fill the cooking pot  Date: 1858  1. a shot taken from ambush or at a random or easy target  2. a critical remark made in a random or sporadic manner  II. verb  (~; ~ting)  Date: 1918  intransitive verb to take a ~  transitive verb to attack or shoot with a ~ ...
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