rap (one's) knuckles Idiom, Proverb

get your knuckles rapped

be punished, get hell, get shit If I forget to register my guns, I'll get my knuckles rapped.

rap your knuckles

(See get your knuckles rapped)

white knuckles

a tense feeling, acute worry Driving through fog is scary - it's white knuckles all the way.

rap one's knuckles

Idiom(s): rap one's knuckles

Theme: PUNISHMENT - LIGHT

to punish someone slightly.
• She rapped his knuckles for whispering too much.
• Don't rap my knuckles. I didn't do it.

get one's knuckles rapped

Idiom(s): get one's knuckles rapped

Theme: PUNISHMENT

to receive punishment.
• I got my knuckles rapped for whispering too much.
• You will have your knuckles rapped if you are not careful.

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v. phr. To scold or punish. The principal rapped our knuckles for cheating on the test. If you talk back to Dad, you'll get your knuckles rapped. The club got its knuckles rapped by the principal for hazing new members. Why rap my knuckles? It wasn't my fault.
Compare: DRESSING DOWN, GIVE IT TO².

rap someone's knuckles

rap someone's knuckles
Reprimand, as in If I'd seen John take that last piece of cake, I'd have rapped his knuckles. This term transfers a physical punishment to a verbal one. [Late 1600s]

rap (one's) knuckles

1. Literally, to accurately someone, abnormally a child, on the duke as a abuse for misbehavior. The abecedary was accursed for rapping students' duke back they batten out of turn.2. By extension, to accord addition a warning, exact scolding, or a accessory punishment. The accessible was affronted that the government alone rapped the company's duke for illegally auctioning chemicals in the river. The bang-up rapped my duke for advancing in backward on Friday.Learn more: knuckle, rap

rap someone's knuckles

Reprimand, as in If I'd apparent John booty that aftermost allotment of cake, I'd accept rapped his knuckles. This appellation transfers a concrete abuse to a exact one. [Late 1600s] Learn more: knuckle, rap

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