| 单词 | to give the gaff | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (also take, etc.,) the gaff  3.   to stand the gaff, to receive severe treatment, criticism, etc. Similarly  to give (also take, etc.,) the gaff. U.S. ΚΠ 1896    G. Ade Artie xii. 111  				If he gets the gaff he'll be flat on his back. 1899    A. Thomas Arizona 124  				Will they stand the gaff? Will they set sixty hours in the saddle..? 1903    McClure's Mag. Oct. 563  				‘Good,’ they cheer, when you find fault; ‘give us the gaff. We deserve it and it does us good.’ 1910    W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 244  				Neil has got to stand the gaff for what he's done. 1924    W. M. Raine Troubled Waters xviii. 194  				Just because he shuts his mouth and stands the gaff. < as lemmas  | 
	
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