kick a dog when it's down

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) To make things worse for someone in an adverse situation.

日本語の意味

窮地にある人にさらに打撃を与える（不幸に付け加える行為） / 困っている人に追い打ちをかける、状況をさらに悪化させる

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Don't kick a dog when it's down; offer help instead.

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弱っている人に追い打ちをかけるのはやめて、代わりに助けを差し伸べなさい。

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意味（1）

(idiomatic) To make things worse for someone in an adverse situation.

but we learned for the first time last Monday night that the Atalantas would kick a dog when he's down. We were beaten ten pins; of course the At-A-lantas (as Spark puts it) will claim one hundred and ten, but the hundred were felled by Miller jumping on the alleys.

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kicks a dog when it's down

（ present singular third-person ）

kicking a dog when it's down

（ participle present ）

kicked a dog when it was down

（ participle past ）

kicked a dog when it was down

（ past ）

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