short shrift
грубое обращение
The younger children received short shrift from their elder brother and they complained about it to their Mom.
Другие идиомы:
- sacred cow
- scaredy-cat
- see a man about a dog
- separate the sheep from the goats
- serve as a guinea pig
- shaggy dog story
- smell a rat
- squirrel (something) away
- straight from the horse's mouth
- straw that broke the camel's back
- spread one's wings
- swan song
- save one's breath
- save (someone's) neck/skin
- say (something) under one's breath