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| give the stick(expression, punishment) | |
| give a whipping | |
| pains and punishments | |
| come down on(verb, expression, criticize, censure) | |
| crack down on(verb, expression, hurt, dismiss) | |
| crawl all over(expression, attack, score, scratch) | |
| drag over the coals(verb, expression, criticize, censure) | |
| give a going over(verb, expression, hurt, dismiss) | |
| give the works(verb, expression, hurt, dismiss) | |
| have on the carpet(expression, correct, discipline, humiliate) | |
| pain in the neck(noun, expression, bother, distress) | |
| put someone on the griddle(expression, attack, score, scratch) | |
| put someone on the hot seat(expression, attack, score, scratch) | |
| rake over the coals(verb, expression, cut, attack) | |
| read the riot act(verb, expression, attack, criticize) | |
| read the riot act to(expression, attack, score, scratch) | |
| small laid cord | |
| take to task(expression, correct, discipline, humiliate) | |
| teach a lesson(verb, expression, hurt, dismiss) | |
| thorn in side(expression, bother, annoyance, nuisance) |
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