have (your) guts for garters

British, informal

if you say that you will have someone's guts for garters, you mean that you intend to punish them very severely.

If I catch you smoking again I'll have your guts for garters.

• in point of fact
• in practice
• in prime
• in principle
• in print
• in progress
• in question
• inquire into
• inquire into something
• in reality
• in reduced circumstances
• in reference to
• in reference to something
• in relation to
• in relation to something
• in reserve
• in retrospect
• in return
• in return for
• in return for something
• in right mind
• in safe hands
• ins and outs
• ins and outs of
• ins and outs of something