have sb's guts for garters
UK informalIf you say you will have someone's guts for garters, you mean that you will punish them severely:
If that boy has taken my bike again, I'll have his guts for garters!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Punishing & punishments
- bar
- be brought/called to account idiom
- boot
- bring
- bum rap
- carrot
- chastise
- clobber
- crucify
- kick
- kick (some) ass idiom
- non-custodial
- parking ticket
- penal
- penalize
- string
- strip
- throw
- throw the book at sb idiom
- wheel clamp
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