hairdryer treatment

短语

词形变化

hairdryer treatments 复数 hairdryer treatments

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    a confrontation where someone stands very close to a subordinate and lambasts them very loudly.

    2013, John Prescott, Ed Miliband is Labour's Alex Ferguson and he needs to give any slacking ministers the hairdryer treatment, in Mirror online, 20 Aug 2013, If Shadow Cabinet members aren’t pulling their weight, give them the hairdryer treatment and kick ’em out.

词源

From hairdryer + treatment (the image being of shouting at someone so close to their face that your hot breath could dry their hair).

来源：wiktionary