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 (someone) the boot
- give birth
- give-and-take
- give (someone) the low-down (on someone or something)
- give the devil his due
- give oneself up to (something)
- give voice to (one's feelings)
- give or take
- give free rein to (someone or something)
- give (someone) an inch and they will take a mile
- give credit where credit is due
- give (someone) the creeps
- give out
- give someone (or something) a second chance
- give one's right arm