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88 entries under idiom topic. ×
| go for jugular(verb, expression, upset, annoy) | |
| hang something on(verb, expression, attack, criticize) | |
| have on the carpet(expression, correct, discipline, humiliate) | |
| hit hard(verb, expression, force, beat) | |
| hit where one lives(verb, expression, upset, trouble) | |
| lay a bad trip on(verb, expression, upset, annoy) | |
| let have it(verb, expression, attack, criticize) | |
| pass sentence on(verb, expression, attack, criticize) | |
| pin it on(verb, expression, attack, criticize) | |
| play cat and mouse(verb, expression, hurt, bother) | |
| point finger at(verb, expression, attack, criticize) | |
| put through wringer(verb, expression, hurt, bother) | |
| rake over the coals(verb, expression, attack, correct) | |
| read the riot act(verb, expression, attack, criticize) | |
| rub salt in wound(verb, expression, hurt, bother) | |
| send up the river(verb, expression, attack, criticize) | |
| settle the score | |
| teach a lesson(verb, expression, discipline, chastise) | |
| throw the book at(verb, expression, fine, condemn) | |
| thumb nose at(verb, expression, upset, annoy) |
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