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have someone's guts for garters

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables
have -some-one's gut-s -for -garters
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To reprimand severely.

British usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

By metaphor from the way that humans use animal intestines as catgut for various tensile applications; compare have someone's hide.

Usage

Inflected Forms

has someone's guts for garters (present, singular) having someone's guts for garters (participle, present) had someone's guts for garters (participle, past) had someone's guts for garters (past)

Synonyms

have someone's head give someone what for nail someone to the wall amerce castigate chasten chastise come down on correct fix someone's wagon have someone's guts for garters have someone's hide

Questions

What does have someone's guts for garters mean?
To reprimand severely.
Where does have someone's guts for garters come from?
By metaphor from the way that humans use animal intestines as catgut for various tensile applications; compare have someone's hide.

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