Смысл: bareknuckle

bareknuckle1. [ʹbeə͵nʌk(ə)l] a
<Í> 1. = barefisted
2. бесцеремонный, наглый
3. беспощадный
he developed his talent for bareknuckle politics - он выработал в себе способность к жёсткой политике

2. [ʹbeə͵nʌk(ə)l] adv
<Í> 1. без перчаток (о бое, драке)
2. без церемоний, нагло

knuckle Идиома

get your knuckles rapped

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

knuckle down

work harder, achieve more If you knuckle down and study, you can pass this exam.

knuckle under

yield, submit The union finally knuckled under the pressure and ended the strike.

knucklehead

one who does not think, doughhead What a knucklehead! He made the same mistake ten times.

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.

knuckle up

to prepare to fight, by closing and raising ones fists

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.

knuckle under to

Idiom(s): knuckle under (to sb or sth)

Theme: YIELDING

to submit to someone or something; to yield or give in to someone or something. (Informal.)
• You have to knuckle under to your boss if you expect to keep your job.
• I'm too stubborn to knuckle under.

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.

buckle down|buckle|knuckle|knuckle down

v. To give complete attention (to an effort or job); attend. They chatted idly for a few moments then each buckled down to work. Jim was fooling instead of studying; so his father told him to buckle down.

knuckle under|knuckle

v. phr. To do something because you are forced to do it. Bobby refused to knuckle under to the bully.
Compare: GIVE IN.

rap one's knuckles|knuckle|knuckles|rap

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.

knuckle

knuckle
In addition to the idioms beginning with knuckle, also see rap someone's knuckles.
* * *
- knuckle down
- knuckle under

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]

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