English Dictionary

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

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

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。

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.

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 ）