parting shot
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɑː.tɪŋ ˌʃɒt/us/ˈpɑːr.t̬ɪŋ ˌʃɑːt/aremarkthat you make when you areleaving, so that it has astrongereffect:
临走时说的尖刻话"And thedressthat youboughtme doesn'tfiteither!" was herpartingshot.“还有你给我买的那件衣服也不合身！”她临走时扔下这样一句话。
Remarks & remarking
- air
- annotate
- annotation
- annotator
- backbite
- backbiting
- barb
- commentary
- dog whistle
- felicity
- last word
- line
- malediction
- mention
- mot juste
- platitude
- profundity
- remark
- sideswipe
- throwaway