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) pause to think
- give it to (someone) straight
- give (someone) a big hand
- Give me five!
- give up the ghost
- give ground
- give (someone) a hand
- give (someone) a swelled head
- give out
- give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
- give (someone) a blank check
- give free rein to (someone or something)
- give a little
- give off (something)
- give (someone) the low-down (on someone or something)