to skin alive
1skin alive — skin (someone) alive to punish someone very severely. Sharon will skin me alive if I m late …
2skin alive — phrasal : to torture or fleece callously or mercilessly * * * skin (someone) alive see ↑skin, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑alive skin (someone) alive informal : to punish (someone) severely …
3skin alive — {v. phr.} 1. {informal} To scold angrily. * /Mother will skin you alive when she sees your torn pants./ 2. {informal} To spank or beat. * /Dad was ready to skin us alive when he found we had ruined his saw./ 3. {slang} To defeat. * /We all did… …
4skin alive — {v. phr.} 1. {informal} To scold angrily. * /Mother will skin you alive when she sees your torn pants./ 2. {informal} To spank or beat. * /Dad was ready to skin us alive when he found we had ruined his saw./ 3. {slang} To defeat. * /We all did… …
5skin\ alive — v. phr. 1. informal To scold angrily. Mother will skin you alive when she sees your torn pants. 2. informal To spank or beat. Dad was ready to skin us alive when he found we had ruined his saw. 3. slang To defeat. We all did our best, but the… …
6skin alive — remove one s skin while he is still alive; save; defeat …
7skin alive — scold angrily, spank or beat She told her son that if he was late for dinner she would skin him alive …
8skin alive — informal Dad would skin me alive if I forgot it Syn: punish severely; informal murder, come down on (like a ton of bricks), give what for …
9skin alive — Thrash …
10skin — [skin] n. [ME skinn < ON, akin to Ger schinden, to flay, peel < IE * (s)ken(d) , to split off (< base * sek , to cut: see SAW1) > OIr ceinn, a scale, scurf] 1. the outer covering or integument of the animal body 2. such a covering,… …