tan hide

tan (one's) hide

To spank one. Young lady, I will tan your hide if you disobey me again!

tan someone's hide

to spank someone. Billy's mother said she'd tan Billy's hide if he ever did that again. "I'll tan your hide if you're late!" said Tom's father.

tan someone's hide, to

To give someone a beating. This term, in which the human skin is referred to as a hide (as it was from about the seventeenth century), may be on its way out, viewed with the same disfavor now accorded to spare the rod. Nevertheless, during the years when corporal punishment was considered a normal procedure, it became a cliché. (Incidentally, the tanning process, in which animal hide is converted into leather, does not involve beating but rather a soaking in chemicals.) The expression dates from the seventeenth century. Charles Coffey used it in The Devil to Pay (1731): “Come and spin . . . or I’ll tan your hide for you.”

词组	tan hide
释义	tan hide tan (one's) hide To spank one. Young lady, I will tan your hide if you disobey me again! See also: hide, tan Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. tan someone's hide to spank someone. Billy's mother said she'd tan Billy's hide if he ever did that again. "I'll tan your hide if you're late!" said Tom's father. See also: hide, tan McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. tan someone's hide, to To give someone a beating. This term, in which the human skin is referred to as a hide (as it was from about the seventeenth century), may be on its way out, viewed with the same disfavor now accorded to spare the rod. Nevertheless, during the years when corporal punishment was considered a normal procedure, it became a cliché. (Incidentally, the tanning process, in which animal hide is converted into leather, does not involve beating but rather a soaking in chemicals.) The expression dates from the seventeenth century. Charles Coffey used it in The Devil to Pay (1731): “Come and spin . . . or I’ll tan your hide for you.” See also: tan The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: tan (one's) hide tan someone's hide tan someone's hide, to hide have (one's) hide have hide hide the sausage sausage neither hide nor hair References in periodicals archive Bark is 20 per cent tannins--an astringent compound used to tan hides. To prove his point, Jardine has conducted a simple experiment by distilling lake water to remove the impurities, including the tannins that prove fatal to any living creature exposed to them. Insurance woes stall business plan Traditionally dressed Mi'kmaq will tan hides, build birchbark canoes and harvest crops. Tiny Abegweit hosts popular powwow. (All My Relations) The cave man used the meat for food, deer brains to tan hides for clothes, teeth for jewelry, the bladder to carry water in, fat to make candles, etc. PA considers antler restrictions. (Know Hunting) Once your friends know you can tan hides, be prepared for them to bring around their hunting trophies and livestock skins for treatment. Reader wisdom from far and wide Therefore, wives who could tan hides provided another item of wealth to the men. A Tapestry of History and Reimagination: Women's Place in James Welch's Fools Crow Some tribe members still tan hides, including Kenneth, who has relearned the skill. Hunting for their future: Alaska's Gwich'in Indians fear that proposed oil drilling on caribou calving grounds could end their ancient culture
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