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  What it means

  Literally “to kick someone who is lying down.” Means to attack or criticise someone who is already down and defenceless — “to kick someone when they’re down.”

  Vocabulary

  • kopać — to kick
  • leżący — lying down (present participle of leżeć)

  Grammar note

  'Leżącego' is the accusative of the present participle 'leżący' — direct object of 'kopać'.

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