drawn and quartered

draw and quarter

1. To hang and dismember someone. This phrase can also be preceded by the word "hang," as in "hang, draw, and quarter." This criminal is to be drawn and quartered, so once they pull him from the gallows, he'll be dismembered.

2. To kill a prisoner by tying each limb to a horse and then sending each horse in a different direction. When he's drawn and quartered, the horses will pull his body apart in a gruesome scene.

3. By extension, to punish someone severely. This usage is hyperbolic. Oh, she'll be drawn and quartered when Mom and Dad find out that she ran off to New York.

*drawn and quartered

Fig. to be dealt with very severely. (Now fig. except in historical accounts; refers to a former practice of torturing someone guilty of treason, usually a male, by disembowling and dividing the body into four parts. *Typically: be ~; have someone ~. Fixed order.) Todd was practically drawn and quartered for losing the Wilson contract. You were much too harsh with Jean. No matter what she did, she didn't need to be drawn and quartered for it!

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释义	drawn and quartered draw and quarter 1. To hang and dismember someone. This phrase can also be preceded by the word "hang," as in "hang, draw, and quarter." This criminal is to be drawn and quartered, so once they pull him from the gallows, he'll be dismembered. 2. To kill a prisoner by tying each limb to a horse and then sending each horse in a different direction. When he's drawn and quartered, the horses will pull his body apart in a gruesome scene. 3. By extension, to punish someone severely. This usage is hyperbolic. Oh, she'll be drawn and quartered when Mom and Dad find out that she ran off to New York. See also: and, draw, quarter Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. drawn and quartered Fig.* to be dealt with very severely. (Now fig. except in historical accounts; refers to a former practice of torturing someone guilty of treason, usually a male, by disembowling and dividing the body into four parts. Typically: be ~; have* someone ~. Fixed order.) Todd was practically drawn and quartered for losing the Wilson contract. You were much too harsh with Jean. No matter what she did, she didn't need to be drawn and quartered for it! See also: and, drawn, quarter McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: draw and quarter hang hang (something) hang something hang it hang it (all) Hang it all! hanged hang on to your hat Hang on to your hat!
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