get the stuffing kicked out of (one)
get the stuffing kicked out of (one)
1. To suffer an extremely violent physical assault. The unfortunate burglar got the stuffing kicked out of him when he tried to steal from an ex-Navy Seal. You're going to end up getting the stuffing kicked out of you if you don’t stop running your mouth like that!
2. To suffer a decisive defeat; to be completely dominated in some competition. The final score was 17-1? Wow, they really got the stuffing kicked out of them! I was doing pretty well for most of the tournament, but I got the stuffing kicked out of me in the semifinals.
See also: get, kick, of, out, stuffing
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- get the stuffing knocked out of (one)
- stuffing
- defend
- defend (oneself or someone) with (something)
- defend with
- be caught in the act
- kick the stuffing out of
- kick the stuffing out of (one)