nail (one) to the wall

To punish, berate, or hurt one in a very severe fashion for a wrongdoing or transgression. As one of her first orders of business, the new president has sworn to nail cyber-criminals to the wall. The boss nailed me to the wall for messing up the Jacobson account.

nail someone to the wall

INFORMAL

If someone nails you to the wall, they make you suffer, because they are very angry with you. If he could not pay off his debt, they would nail him to the wall.

nail somebody to the ˈwall

(informal) punish somebody and/or make them suffer because you are very angry with them: I’m going to nail him to the wall for what he’s done!

nail someone to the wall

verb

See nail someone to a cross

词组	nail (one) to the wall
释义	nail (one) to the wall nail (one) to the wall To punish, berate, or hurt one in a very severe fashion for a wrongdoing or transgression. As one of her first orders of business, the new president has sworn to nail cyber-criminals to the wall. The boss nailed me to the wall for messing up the Jacobson account. See also: nail, wall Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. nail someone to the wall INFORMAL If someone nails you to the wall, they make you suffer, because they are very angry with you. If he could not pay off his debt, they would nail him to the wall. See also: nail, someone, wall Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. nail somebody to the ˈwall (informal) punish somebody and/or make them suffer because you are very angry with them: I’m going to nail him to the wall for what he’s done! See also: nail, somebody, wall Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary nail someone to the wall verb See nail someone to a cross See also: nail, someone, wall McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: drive (one) out of office force (one) out of office force out of office give (one) (one's) head give head give somebody their head give someone their head cooking for one 1FTR as one door closes, another opens
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