have someone's hide

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To punish or subdue someone. figuratively,idiomatic
    — Why doesn't The St. Petersburg Times scrape together $30 million and purchase football's Tampa Bay Buccaneers? Then, when I tell John McKay how to coach, he'd listen or I'd have his hide.

词形变化

has someone's hide present,singular,third-person having someone's hide participle,present had someone's hide participle,past had someone's hide past

词源

An earlier phase of the same metaphor as at tan someone's hide § Etymology. The cognitive effect discussed at ass § Usage notes is operative in these usages concerning a person's hide.
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