take the bark off

To whip or otherwise punish someone. The phrase initially referred to striking someone so hard as to cut the skin. Primarily heard in US. That boy didn't do any of his chores around this farm today and still went off with his friends. I'm going to take the bark off him once he gets home! If we had to get in trouble with a teacher, at least it's with Mr. Wright—he's nice and won't take the bark off us.

词组	take the bark off
释义	take the bark off take the bark off To whip or otherwise punish someone. The phrase initially referred to striking someone so hard as to cut the skin. Primarily heard in US. That boy didn't do any of his chores around this farm today and still went off with his friends. I'm going to take the bark off him once he gets home! If we had to get in trouble with a teacher, at least it's with Mr. Wright—he's nice and won't take the bark off us. See also: bark, off, take Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: be out of (one's) league be out of somebody's league be (not) a patch on (one) puts (one's) pants on one leg at a time accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey accompany on a journey be in (someone's) shoes be in another person's shoes be in somebody's shoes a stranger to (someone or something)
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