PARTHIAN SHOT


Meaning of PARTHIAN SHOT in English

a sharp, telling remark, act, gesture, etc., made in departing.

[ 1900-05; so called from the ancient Parthian cavalry's habit of shooting arrows rearward at the enemy while in real or feigned flight ]

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