Cheap shot means someone took advantage of you or your situation by making fun of you. When Mark called Karen fat after she got pregnant, he took a cheap shot.
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July 28, 2010
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in this expression cheap means unfair, underhanded
shot means hitting another person in some way (literally or figuratively, such as a verbal attack)
The referee blew the ball dead, so John relaxed. Then Mike hit him, it was a cheap shot.
Sue: I think we should send more aid to Haiti.
Jill: I can see why you would think that, since you dropped out of college!
Here Jill took a cheap shot at Sue. Instead of answering Sue's argument with a counter-argument, she responded with a personal insult, which contributed nothing to understanding whether more aid would be appropriate or not.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheap%20shot
August 4, 2010
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