| 单词 | to take a slipper to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take a slipper to f. As an instrument of punishment with which a child (etc.) is disciplined by beating. In to take a slipper to (someone). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > slipper slipper1876 1682 [implied in: W. Hedges Diary 2 Nov. (1887) I. 45 Ye same day [he] was brought forth and Slippered. (at slipper v.2 1)]. 1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer ii. 28 In another moment he was flying down the street with his pail and a tingling rear,..and Aunt Polly was retiring from the field with a slipper in her hand. 1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey iii. viii. 266 Teach him a sense of other people, as young as possible, with a slipper if necessary. 1932 A. J. Worrall Eng. Idioms ii. 18 He is very impudent in his manner, and I should dearly like to take my slipper to him. 1978 R. Mills Comprehensive Educ. 21 ‘I haven't done my homework, my History.’ ‘Ha, ha, it's the slipper for you then.’ 1982 Daily Tel. 1 Mar. 10/7 The cane and slipper never did the likes of us any harm. < as lemmas |
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