have someone's guts for garters

动词 v.
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英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To reprimand severely. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,idiomatic
    — If you go out and play and get your clothes dirty, I'll have your guts for garters!

词形变化

has someone's guts for garters present,singular,third-person having someone's guts for garters participle,present had someone's guts for garters participle,past had someone's guts for garters past

词源

By metaphor from the way that humans use animal intestines as catgut for various tensile applications; compare have someone's hide.
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