give someone hell

短语

词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To castigate someone; to dress them down.

    习语

    Near-synonym: raise hell

    His boss really gave him hell when she found out that he'd been lying about filing the reports.

  2. 2.

    To torment; To make miserable.

  3. 3.

    To put up a fight against; to battle strongly and effectively.

    A nickname of U.S. President Harry Truman was "Give-'em-Hell Harry" because he could really give them hell when he wanted to.