dirty trick

English

Noun

dirty trick (plural dirty tricks)

1. An unkind trick.
   • 2001, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Sugar Baby”, in Love and Theft:

     Every moment of existence seems like some dirty trick / Happiness can come suddenly and leave just as quick

2. (in the plural) Unethical or illegal tactics used against an opponent.

Translations

an unkind trick

• Czech: podraz (cs)
• Danish: svinestreg c
• Finnish: ruma temppu
• French: coup de pute (fr) m, coup bas (fr) m, sale coup m
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• Galician: porcallada f, falcatruada f
• German: Gemeinheit (de) f
• Portuguese: sacanagem (pt) f
• Spanish: putada (es) f, jugarreta (es), canallada f, cerdada f

See also

• low blow