| 单词 | to give it in the neck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give it in the neck b. colloquial. to get (also catch, take) it in the neck: to be hit hard (by something); to be severely reprimanded or punished. to give it in the neck: to assault or reprimand (someone) severely. 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 society > authority > punishment > [verb (intransitive)] > receive punishment > be punished severely to buy the bargain dear1352 smart1534 sweata1625 to nap it1699 to get it1805 to catch or get Jesse1839 to get (also catch, take) it in the neck1881 to get beans1893 to get (also do) the book1928 1881 in J. S. M. Earp I married Wyatt Earp (1976) 41 Curly Bill. This Noted Desperado Gets It in the Neck. 1882 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 25 Nov. 3/3 An ‘Artless’ Young Girl Gives it to Her ‘in the Neck’, as the Sports Say. 1887 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 20 Jan. 6/4 Dem dubs is goin' to git it in de neck. 1908 H. G. Wells War in Air ii. 58 They'll get it in the neck in real earnest one of these days, if they ain't precious careful. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves iii. 30 Something always comes along to give it you in the neck at the very moment when you're feeling most braced about things in general. 1955 Times 11 July 12/7 Do they belong to an unlucky generation that has got it in the neck before the law can catch up with the swift development of civilian aviation, and insist upon silenced airliners? 1988 A. N. Wilson Tolstoy xi. 254 Tolstoy got it in the neck from all sides. 2001 Chicago Tribune 9 Sept. v. 6/5 Companies that were not protected with long-term contracts took it in the neck. < as lemmas |
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