Cheap shot

    恶意中伤     

    A: I heard you went on a weekend trip with some other woman.

    B: That was a cheap shot. Honey, you know it's not true.

    Note: A cheap shot is literally an attack that is considered cheap, low in value or moral estimation. Mostly cheap shots refer to unsportsmanlike behavior of one type or another. In boxing, for example, boxers are not allowed to hit each other on the back of the head to prevent injury. They're not allowed to hit each other in areas below the belt, for obvious reasons. But hitting opponents on the back of the head or under the belt happens by accident. However, if someone does this intentionally, then such hits or shots are considered cheap shots. And the offender himself is considered a cheap shot as a person. Needless to say, a cheap-shot boxer is not be respected.