give (someone) a slap on the wrist
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Пример использования идиомы give (someone) a slap on the wrist:
A few high school students were taken to the police station and given a slap on the wrist because they had been playing truant.
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Другие идиомы:
- give ground
- give (someone) a bum steer
- give (someone) the red-carpet treatment
- give away (a secret)
- give (someone) the boot
- give (someone) a run for their money
- give (someone) a free hand (with something)
- give (something) one's best shot
- give (something) a whirl
- give (someone) the third degree
- give three cheers for (someone)
- give (someone) the brush-off
- give (someone) enough rope and they will hang themselves
- give-and-take
- give chase