| 单词 | to give rats |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (a person) rats P7. Originally and chiefly U.S. to give (a person) rats: to give (a person) a hard time; to berate, rebuke. Now disused. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > severely dressc1405 wipe1523 to take up1530 whip1530 to shake upa1556 trounce1607 castigatea1616 lasha1616 objurgate1616 thunderstrike1638 snub1672 drape1683 cut1737 rowa1798 score1812 to dress down1823 to pitch into ——1823 wig1829 to row (a person) up1838 to catch or get Jesse1839 slate1840 drop1853 to drop (down) to or on (to)1859 to give (a person) rats1862 to jump upon1868 to give (a person) fits1871 to give it to someone (pretty) stiff1880 lambaste1886 ruck1899 bollock1901 bawl1903 scrub1911 burn1914 to hang, draw, and quarter1930 to tear a strip off1940 to tear (someone) off a strip1940 brass1943 rocket1948 bitch1952 tee1955 fan- 1862 Tony Pastor's New Union Song Bk. 49 He gave them rats, with his wild cats, And made secesh quite sick. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Sketches New & Old (1875) 48 You may write a blistering article on the police—give the Chief Inspector rats. 1940 F. D. Davison Woman at Mill III. 245 She was now going to give me rats, treat me as if I were personally responsible for the short-comings of the land of my birth. < as lemmas |
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