| 单词 | haul/drag sb over the coals |
| 释义 | haul/drag sb over the coals phrase [VERB inflects, oft PHR for n/-ing] See full dictionary entry for coal If a person in authority hauls or drags someone over the coals, they speak to them severely about something foolish or wrong that they have done. I heard later that Uncle Jim had been hauled over the coals for not letting anyone know where we were. The museum's P.R. man was going to be dragged over the coals for sure. |
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