a trip to the woodshed

a trip to the woodshed

An act or instance of punishment or reproval, especially when done discreetly or privately. He'll be taking a trip to the woodshed when his father hear what he's done. The boss gave me a trip to the woodshed for my failure to secure the Goldblum account.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

trip to the woodshed

An instance of being reprimanded or punished.
See also: trip, woodshed
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • trip to the woodshed
  • woodshed
  • move within earshot
  • pokery
  • jiggery
  • jiggery-pokery
  • some mothers do have them
  • take (one) to the woodshed
  • take someone to the woodshed
  • take to the woodshed
References in periodicals archive
Following a trip to the woodshed with House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and then-majority leader-Tom DeLay (R-Texas), Pence emerged to voice his support for the Republican plan to make President Bush a bigger spender than Lyndon B.
The Crescent city and the fiscal black hole: how a phantom golf game made a ghost of fiscal responsibility
House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and other GOP congressional leaders had better get ready for a trip to the woodshed.
Dare to Discipline? FOF's Dobson plans to paddle GOP leaders