to hear of it: to be spoken to about it; to be called to account for it. colloquial.
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| 释义 | the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)] > be rebuked or scolded (9) to hear of it1598 to hear of it: to be spoken to about it; to be called to account for it. colloquial. to get on (also upon) the finger ends1693 to get on (also upon) the finger ends: to incur a sharp reprimand, to be rebuked. Obsolete. to get one's lug in one's loof1744 In phrases similar to those at ear, n.1 Also (figurative) to get one's lug in one's loof, to be severely taken to task; by the lug and the horn, by… to get wrong1803 English regional (chiefly northern and north midlands). to get wrong: (originally) to quarrel, argue; (now usually) to get into trouble; to be… to catch or get Jesse1839 to give (a person) Jesse: to treat or handle severely; to beat or scold soundly. Similarly to catchor get Jesse. to come in for it1841 intransitive. colloquial. to come in for it: to incur punishment or something unpleasant; to be the object of harsh treatment, rebuke, or… to get hell1851 to get hell: to be severely punished; to be reprimanded. Similarly (chiefly North American) to catch hell. to cop (also stop, catch, get, etc.) a packet1916 colloquial (originally Military). A bullet or other missile; a bullet wound; (more generally) trouble, misfortune. Only in to cop (also stop, catch… to have a strip torn off1940 to tear (someone) off a strip, to tear a strip off (someone) and variants: to upbraid or reprimand (someone); to lose a strip, to have a strip to… |
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