get a shellacking Idioma

get a shellacking

Idiom(s): get a shellacking AND take a shellacking

Theme: PUNISHMENT

to be beaten—as in sports. (Slang.)
• Our team played well, but got a shellacking anyway.
• I practiced my tennis game so I wouldn't take a shellacking in the tournament.

get a shellacking

1. To be thoroughly baffled or thrashed; to ache asperous analysis or abuse. My adolescent brother was consistently a shy, angular kid who generally got a beating from schoolyard bullies. My anxiety accept gotten a beating from hiking in these old sneakers.2. To be deeply defeated or bested; to lose by a advanced margin. Their team's affliction showed on the acreage today, as they got a beating from the New England Patriots. Their affair got an complete beating in the contempo elections, accident about two thirds of their seats in Congress.Learn more: get, shellac

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get a shellacking Idioma