| 单词 | to haul over the coals |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto haul (a person) over the coals P5. to haul (a person) over the coals and variants: to call (a person) to account; to rebuke or reprimand severely. Cf. to rake a person over the coals at rake v.2 Phrases 4.Originally with reference to the treatment of heretics. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] threac897 threapc897 begripea1000 threata1000 castea1200 chaste?c1225 takec1275 blame1297 chastya1300 sniba1300 withnima1315 undernima1325 rebukec1330 snuba1340 withtakea1340 reprovec1350 chastisea1375 arate1377 challenge1377 undertake1377 reprehenda1382 repreync1390 runta1398 snapea1400 underfoc1400 to call to account1434 to put downc1440 snebc1440 uptakec1440 correptc1449 reformc1450 reprise?c1450 to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450 control1451 redarguec1475 berisp1481 to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522 checkc1530 admonish1541 nip1548 twig?1550 impreve1552 lesson1555 to take down1562 to haul (a person) over the coals1565 increpate1570 touch1570 school1573 to gather up1577 task1580 redarguate?1590 expostulate1592 tutor1599 sauce1601 snip1601 sneap1611 to take in tax1635 to sharp up1647 round1653 threapen1671 reprimand1681 to take to task1682 document1690 chapter1693 repulse1746 twink1747 to speak to ——1753 haul1795 to pull up1799 carpet1840 rig1841 to talk to1860 to take (a person) to the woodshed1882 rawhide1895 to tell off1897 to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900 to get on ——1904 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 strafe1915 tick1915 woodshed1935 to slap (a person) down1938 sort1941 bind1942 bottle1946 mat1948 ream1950 zap1961 elder1967 1565 W. Allen Def. & Declar. Doctr. Purgatory ii. xii. f. 233v S. Augustine that knewe best howe to fetche an haeretike ouer the coles. 1580 G. Gilpin (title) The Bee hiue of the Romische Churche..Wherein, both the Catholic Religion is substantially confirmed, and the Heretikes finely fetcht ouer the coales. 1675 V. Alsop Anti-Sozzo iii. 109 Had God a Partial Fondness and respect for Israel?.. If we say, Yes: Then he [sc. our Author] fetches us over the Coles. 1761 London Chron. 3 Sept. 23/2 A certain great man in office in the Queen's time, was going to be hauled over the coals. 1778 Morning Chron. 24 Apr. One Captain was brought over the coals, and cast in nine hundred and odd pounds for the damage a ship and cargo received by pressing the men belonging to her. 1797 True Briton 26 Jan. A certain votress of Pharo, whom the Magistrates lately threatened to ‘draw over the coals’. 1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster I. xiii. 189 Lest he should be ‘hauled over the coals’ by the Admiralty. 1884 H. D. Traill New Lucian 213 Your magistrates..vastly needed a call over the coals. 1919 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 18 Oct. (1993) III. 31 Please always tell me at once of the faults of my reviews. Haul me over the very hottest coals. It is only kind. 1963 Financial Times 22 Jan. 20/2 Maazel has been dragged over the coals by some of the New York reviewers. 1999 Independent 15 Nov. i. 14/7 The presenter was hauled over the coals for..offending such an important listener. to haul over the coals d. colloquial. To bring up for a reprimand, to call to account. Also, to haul over the coals (see coal n. Phrases 5). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] threac897 threapc897 begripea1000 threata1000 castea1200 chaste?c1225 takec1275 blame1297 chastya1300 sniba1300 withnima1315 undernima1325 rebukec1330 snuba1340 withtakea1340 reprovec1350 chastisea1375 arate1377 challenge1377 undertake1377 reprehenda1382 repreync1390 runta1398 snapea1400 underfoc1400 to call to account1434 to put downc1440 snebc1440 uptakec1440 correptc1449 reformc1450 reprise?c1450 to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450 control1451 redarguec1475 berisp1481 to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522 checkc1530 admonish1541 nip1548 twig?1550 impreve1552 lesson1555 to take down1562 to haul (a person) over the coals1565 increpate1570 touch1570 school1573 to gather up1577 task1580 redarguate?1590 expostulate1592 tutor1599 sauce1601 snip1601 sneap1611 to take in tax1635 to sharp up1647 round1653 threapen1671 reprimand1681 to take to task1682 document1690 chapter1693 repulse1746 twink1747 to speak to ——1753 haul1795 to pull up1799 carpet1840 rig1841 to talk to1860 to take (a person) to the woodshed1882 rawhide1895 to tell off1897 to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900 to get on ——1904 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 strafe1915 tick1915 woodshed1935 to slap (a person) down1938 sort1941 bind1942 bottle1946 mat1948 ream1950 zap1961 elder1967 1795 Ld. Nelson 25 Nov. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 107 I think the Admiral will be hauled over the coals for not letting me have ships. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi vi. 142 The first native..refused to sell his fowls at the Government prices [and] was hauled up before the irate commandant. 1882 B. D. W. Ramsay Recoll. Mil. Serv. I. ix. 215 They were all young officers..and probably at times require to be hauled up sharply. 1893 A. St. Aubyn Junior Dean xxix. 233 He was what, in figurate undergraduate language is termed ‘hauled’. < as lemmas |
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