Английский словарь американских идиом - potshot
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Potshot
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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 ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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- 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. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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