"kick someone when they are down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-kick someone when they are down.ogg Forms: kicks someone when they are down [present, singular, third-person], kicking someone when they are down [participle, present], kicked someone when they were down [participle, past], kicked someone when they were down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|kick<> someone when they are<are,are,were> down}} kick someone when they are down (third-person singular simple present kicks someone when they are down, present participle kicking someone when they are down, simple past and past participle kicked someone when they were down)
  1. (idiomatic) To make things worse for someone who is going through a difficult time. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: kick a dog when it's down Related terms: beat a dead horse Translations (make things worse for someone): 落井下石 (luòjǐngxiàshí) (Chinese Mandarin), lyödä lyötyä (Finnish), frapper un ennemi à terre (French), pugnalare un uomo morto (Italian), kopać leżącego [imperfective] (Polish), hacer leña del árbol caído (Spanish), sparka på någon som ligger (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "落井下石"
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      "word": "frapper un ennemi à terre"
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      "sense": "make things worse for someone",
      "word": "pugnalare un uomo morto"
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