take a potshot at someone or something

take a potshot at someone or something

1. Lit. to shoot at someone or something, as with a shotgun. (A

potshot

refers to the type of shooting done to provide meat for the cooking pot.) •

The hunters were taking potshots at each other in the woods.

•

Someone has been taking potshots at my mailbox!

2. Fig. to criticize or censure someone or something, often just to be mean. •

Why are you taking potshots at me? What did I do to you?

•

Everyone in the audience was taking potshots at the comedian's toupee.