墙倒众人推
qiáng​dǎo​zhòng​rén​tuī

everyone hits a man who is down

  • created sense approved 墙倒众人推/牆倒眾人推 · qiáng​dǎo​zhòng​rén​tuī · everyone hits a man who is down — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    墙倒众人推 / 牆倒眾人推

    qiáng​dǎo​zhòng​rén​tuī

    everyone hits a man who is down

    (idiom) literally "when a wall is about to fall, everyone gives it a shove"; used to describe people taking advantage of a person's misfortune or loss of power to attack or bully them

    墙 (literal) → 墙/牆 · qiáng · wall 倒 (literal) → 倒 · dǎo · to fall 众人 (literal) → 众人/眾人 · zhòng​rén · everyone 推 (literal) → 推 · tuī · to push

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