give (someone) a slap on the wrist
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Пример использования идиомы give (someone) a slap on the wrist:
A few high school students were taken to the police station and given a slap on the wrist because they had been playing truant.
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Другие идиомы:
- give (someone) a hand with (something)
- give one's eye teeth (to do something)
- give free rein to (someone or something)
- give (someone) a piece of one's mind
- give (someone) a dirty look
- give (someone) the runaround
- give the devil his due
- give voice to (one's feelings)
- give (someone) one's word
- give (someone or something) the thumbs up
- give (someone) pause to think
- give (someone) a run for their money
- give (someone) a black eye
- Give me five!
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