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1 haul (someone) over the coals
(to scold.) dar uma ensaboadelaEnglish-Portuguese dictionary > haul (someone) over the coals
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(to scold.) dar uma ensaboadelaEnglish-Portuguese dictionary > haul (someone) over the coals
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(to scold.) bronquearEnglish-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > haul (someone) over the coals
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(to scold.) bronquearEnglish-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > haul (someone) over the coals
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[kəul](a black mineral burned for fuel, heat etc.) carvão- coalmine
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- haul over the coals* * *[koul] n 1 hulha, carvão. 2 pedaço de carvão. 3 carvão vegetal. 4 brasa, tição. • vt+vi 1 abastecer, suprir com carvão. 2 receber carvão, fazer provisão de carvão. 3 carbonizar, reduzir a carvão. bed of coal jazida de carvão. brown coal lignita, linhita. hard coal antracito. he blew the coals 1 ele abanou a brasa. 2 fig ele deitou lenha no fogo, reacendeu os ódios. he was called (hauled) over the coals ele foi repreendido, Brit coll ele levou um pito. rich coal carvão de pedra gordo, hulha gorda. small coal carvão miúdo. to stir the coals fig atiçar o fogo. we laid in coals abastecemo-nos de carvão. you are carrying coals to Newcastle fig você está deitando água no mar, está perdendo tempo. -
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[kəul](a black mineral burned for fuel, heat etc.) carvão mineral- coalmine - haul someone over the coals - haul over the coals
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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