| 单词 | rap someone's knuckles |
| 释义 | rap someone's knucklesReprimand, as in If I'd seen John take that last piece of cake, I'd have rapped his knuckles. This term transfers a physical punishment to a verbal one. [Late 1600s] Words nearby rap someone's knucklesrapporteur, rapprochement, rapscallion, rap session, rap sheet, rap someone's knuckles, rapt, raptor, raptorial, rapture, raptured The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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