| 单词 | to give a person a doing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give a person a doing c. colloquial. A thrashing, a beating-up. Frequently in to give a person a doing. Also figurative: a thorough defeat or overthrow. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > [noun] > specific object a person threshingOE sousingc1580 rib-roast1595 basting1599 swingeing1603 cuffing1610 lamming1611 rib-roasting1613 mauling1621 pinking1637 drubbing1650 diverberation1651 verberation1661 trimming1675 rib1699 thrashing1720 dousing1721 fagging1746 bumping1751 dusting1799 clapperclawing1806 milling1806 hiding1809 punishment1811 doing1814 bethumping1831 mugging1846 jacketing1850 frailing1851 pasting1851 towelling1851 tanning1863 fum-fum1885 ribbing1894 paddywhack1898 tanking1905 beating-up1915 shellacking1931 sloshing1931 clobbering1948 twatting1963 duffing-up1967 1814 H. Brougham Let. 24 Nov. in H. Maxwell Creevey Papers (1903) I. 206 Let me notify to you the destruction or doing of Canning and co.—not his character,..but his being sent abroad. 1860 Proc. Old Bailey 7 May 198 This is the b—— that took me to the station to-night, I should like to give him a doing. 1888 G. Bidwell Forging his Chains xxxviii. 418 Punishment for violence against any prison authority..three dozen strokes of the flesh-cutting cat-o'- nine tails,..besides the ex officio preliminary ‘doing’ by the warders. 1897 W. S. Maugham Liza of Lambeth xi. 209 She 'as give yer a doin';..an' look at yer eye! 1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 113/2 I've had a bad doing this week—lost thirty quid. 1923 Hansard Commons 13 July 1782 The hon. Member for Dundee..has given me a tremendous doing. 1968 B. Turner Sex Trap xvii. 167 ‘For God's sake, man! You'd get three years if you give him a doing,’ she exclaimed. 2005 D. Mina Field of Blood xiii. 101 The officers on either side of Meehan watched for a reaction, ready to jump up and give him a doing if he lashed out. < as lemmas |
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