have someone's guts for garters
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have someone's guts for garters — have someone’s guts for garters british old fashioned phrase used for saying that you will punish someone severely for something they have done Thesaurus: to punish someonesynonym punishment of being legally killedhyponym Main entry: guts … Useful english dictionary
have someone's guts for garters — ► have someone s guts for garters informal, humorous used as a threat of punishment. Main Entry: ↑gut … English terms dictionary
have someone's guts for garters Brit. — have someone s guts for garters Brit. humorous used as a threat of punishment. → gut … English new terms dictionary
have someone's guts for garters — British old fashioned used for saying that you will punish someone severely for something they have done … English dictionary
have your guts for garters — have (your) guts for garters British, informal if you say that you will have someone s guts for garters, you mean that you intend to punish them very severely. If I catch you smoking again I ll have your guts for garters … New idioms dictionary
have guts for garters — have (your) guts for garters British, informal if you say that you will have someone s guts for garters, you mean that you intend to punish them very severely. If I catch you smoking again I ll have your guts for garters … New idioms dictionary
guts — /gʌts / (say guts) Colloquial –plural noun (often construed as singular) 1. the bowels or entrails. 2. the stomach or abdomen. 3. courage; stamina; endurance: to have guts. 4. essential information: the guts of the matter. 5. essential parts or… …
guts */ — UK [ɡʌts] / US noun [plural] informal 1) the quality of being brave and determined That s what you need to be a referee – guts. have the guts to do something: She had the guts to go for what she wanted. it takes guts to do something: It takes a… … English dictionary
gut — ► NOUN 1) the stomach or belly. 2) Medicine & Biology the intestine. 3) (guts) entrails that have been removed or exposed. 4) (guts) the internal parts or essence of something. 5) (guts) informal courage and determina … English terms dictionary
gut — noun 1》 the stomach or belly. ↘Medicine & Biology the intestine. ↘(guts) entrails that have been removed or exposed. ↘fibre from the intestines of animals, used especially for violin or racket strings. 2》 (guts) the internal parts or… … English new terms dictionary
