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hit below the belt

To say something that is often too personal, usually irrelevant, and always unfair. The expression comes from boxing, in which it is illegal to hit an opponent below the belt.
To remind reformed alcoholics of their drinking problem is to hit below the belt.
by cromewild September 8, 2015
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