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 (or something) a second chance
- give one's eye teeth (to do something)
- give (someone) a fair shake
- don't give up the ship
- give (someone) a hard time
- give away (something)
- give (someone) the red-carpet treatment
- give (someone) the ax
- give off (something)
- give away (a secret)
- give (someone) the runaround
- give (someone) a dirty look
- give the devil his due
- give ground
- give (someone) a tongue-lashing