unter aller Kanone

German

Etymology

Literally, “under all cannon”; a purposeful jocular mistranslation of Latin sub omni canone.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʊntɐ ˈalɐ kaˈnoːnə]
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Prepositional phrase

unter aller Kanone

  1. (idiomatic) dreadful, abysmal
    Synonym: unter aller Sau
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