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1 passer un savon à
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2 suif
n. m.1. Argument, quarrel, bitter disagreement. Chercher du suif à quelqu'un: To pick a quarrel with someone. Se mettre en suif: To 'fly off the handle', to have a fit oftemper. Etre en suif: To be in a foul mood.3. 'Rocket', 'roasting', telling-off. Flanquer un suif à quelqu'un: To 'haul someone over the coals'.4. Se faire du suif: To worry oneself sick about something. -
3 incendier
v. trans. To 'haul someone over the coals', to reprimand. Il s'est drôlement fait incendier par sa belle-doche; His mother-in-law gave him one hell of a rocket. -
4 attraper
v. trans.1. To 'haul over the coals', to 'tear a strip off someone', to reprimand. Un peu que je me suis fait attraper! I got a right rollicking from her!2. To 'cop' a prison sentence, to get a term of imprisonment. Il en a attrapé pour dix ans: He got sent down for a ten-year stretch. -
5 engueuler
I.v. trans. To 'haul over the coals', to 'give someone a dressing-down', to tell off in no uncertain manner. Il s'est fait engueuler comme du poisson pourri: He got a right rollicking (also: passer un savon à quelqu'un).II.v. trans. reflex. To have a 'barney', to have a row. S'engueuler ferme: To have a slanging match. -
6 enguirlander
v. trans. To 'haul over the coals', to 'give someone a dressing- down', to tell off in no uncertain terms.
См. также в других словарях:
haul someone over the coals — If you haul someone over the coals, you reprimand them severely … The small dictionary of idiomes
haul someone over the coals — british phrase to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong. The American expression is rake someone over the coals . Thesaurus: to criticize, accuse or blamesynonym to say something, or to speak to someone in an angry… … Useful english dictionary
haul someone over the coals — drag/haul (someone) over the coals to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong. If I make a spelling mistake, I get hauled over the coals by my boss. They dragged her over the coals for being late with her assignment.… … New idioms dictionary
haul someone over the coals — British to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong. The American expression is rake someone over the coals … English dictionary
haul sb over the coals — US also rake sb over the coals) ► to criticize someone severely for something they have done: »Top ministers were hauled over the coals by the select committee for failing to disclose vital information in the inquiry. Main Entry: ↑haul … Financial and business terms
haul/rake over the coals — haul/rake (someone) over the coals informal : to criticize (someone) very severely I arrived late for the meeting and was immediately hauled over the coals by my boss. • • • Main Entry: ↑coal … Useful english dictionary
haul someone over the coals — see coal. → haul … English new terms dictionary
haul/rake someone over the coals — haul/rake (someone) over the coals informal : to criticize (someone) very severely I arrived late for the meeting and was immediately hauled over the coals by my boss. • • • Main Entry: ↑coal … Useful english dictionary
haul (also N. Amer. rake) someone over the coals — reprimand someone severely. → coal … English new terms dictionary
drag someone over the coals — drag/haul (someone) over the coals to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong. If I make a spelling mistake, I get hauled over the coals by my boss. They dragged her over the coals for being late with her assignment.… … New idioms dictionary
rake someone over the coals — rake (or haul) someone over the coals reprimand someone severely * * * rake (someone) over the coals see ↑coal • • • Main Entry: ↑rake … Useful english dictionary