| 单词 | to get what for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get what for (d) slang (chiefly British). to give a person what for: to inflict severe pain or chastisement on a person; also in extended use; similarly to get what for. Also to show a person what for: to make a person take notice; to show who is in charge. [Probably originally part of a response to the question What for? ; compare the context in quot. 1852.] ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)] > severely visita1382 to-punisha1400 overpunisha1639 to give (a person) hell1836 to give a person what for1852 slate1854 to give it in the neck1881 to come down1888 bean1910 scrub1911 cane1925 to gie (or give) (someone) laldy1935 1852 Daily News 2 Nov. 3/6 ‘Come on,’ says the gallant capturer. ‘What for?’ says his victim. ‘What for!—I'll show you what for; come on’. 1860 Hereford Jrnl. 1 Feb. 2/4 Myers said, ‘If I can get him in here I will give him what for’; that was the common expression of one man who wanted to pitch it into another. 1873 Routledge's Young Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 137/1 It'll give you what for if it touches your lips. 1946 ‘P. Wentworth’ Pilgrim's Rest (1996) vi. 38 But don't you say I said nothing about it, because if Mrs. Robbins knowed she'd give me what for. 1966 Listener 18 Aug. 229/1 The stereotype of ‘the wily oriental gentleman..the half-civilized levantine..the type of fellow who must be shown what for’. 2004 J. Denby Billie Morgan v. 35 Oh, if my mam sees me goin' in there, I'll get such what for! 2007 Independent 2 May (Extra section) 5/3 Even Bill the guitar genius is a bit timid when it comes to mandolins, he's poked it gingerly in the past and said ‘Isn't that amazing!’ but she just grabbed it and gave it what for. < as lemmas |
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