英语词汇“six of the best”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

six of the best

British, chiefly historical or humorous A caning as a punishment, traditionally with six strokes of the cane: one prefect would hold you down and the other would give you six of the best...

I got six of the best with twelve inches of finest wood - Mr George's dreaded ruler across the back of the legs before being torn off a strip about vandalising school property.
He had received six of the best for ‘persistently flouting school rules’.
Well, I didn't enquire too closely, but as far as I could make out it was literal corporal punishment, doled out for failing to perform one's ‘duties’ - six of the best for not doing the laundry, that sort of thing.

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单词	six of the best
释义	six of the best British, chiefly historical or humorous A caning as a punishment, traditionally with six strokes of the cane: one prefect would hold you down and the other would give you six of the best... I got six of the best with twelve inches of finest wood - Mr George's dreaded ruler across the back of the legs before being torn off a strip about vandalising school property. He had received six of the best for ‘persistently flouting school rules’. Well, I didn't enquire too closely, but as far as I could make out it was literal corporal punishment, doled out for failing to perform one's ‘duties’ - six of the best for not doing the laundry, that sort of thing. See parent entry: best
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