a slap on the wrist
*a slap on the wrist
1. Lit. a hit on the wrist as a mild punishment for putting one's hands where they shouldn't be or taking something. (*Typically: get ~; give someone ~.)
When Billy tried to grab another cookie, he got a slap on the wrist.
2. Fig. to get a light punishment (for doing something wrong). (*Typically: get ~; give someone ~.)
He created quite a disturbance, but he only got a slap on the wrist from the judge.
I thought I'd get a slap on the wrist for speeding, but I got fined $500.
热门单词
- a knee-jerk reaction
- alienate so from so or sth
- all in
- alligator
- all of a sudden
- All roads lead to Rome.
- all wet
- a loose translation
- a lot of
- alternate with sth
- a match made in heaven
- ancient history
- And how!
- and that's a fact
- And that's that.
- and the like
- and this and that
- a night on the town
- A picture is worth a thousand words.
- appertain
- a (real) go-getter
