nail (one's) hide to the wall
nail (one's) hide to the wall
To punish, berate, or hurt one in a very severe fashion for a wrongdoing or transgression. The media is going to nail our hides to the wall if this leaks to the public. The boss nailed my hide to the wall for messing up the Jacobson account. She said she was making it her personal mission to nail the hide of every drug dealer in the city to the wall during her time in office.
See also: hide, nail, wall
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
nail someone‘s hide to the wall
verbSee nail someone to a cross
See also: hide, nail, wall
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- nail someone‘s hide to the wall
- nail to a cross
- nail someone to a cross
- nail (one) to a cross
- nail (one) to the wall
- nail somebody to the wall
- nail someone to the wall