- tan hide
- tan (someone's) hide
old-fashioned
to hit someone, usually a child, many times as a punishment.
I'll tan that boy's hide if he touches my toolbox again.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
tan hide
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tan someone's hide — (informal) To whip or beat someone • • • Main Entry: ↑hide * * * tan (or whip) someone s hide beat or flog someone ■ punish someone severely * * * tan someone s hide informal + old fashioned : to beat or whip (someone) very badly He threatened to … Useful english dictionary
tan — tan1 [tan] n. [MFr < ML tanum, prob. < Gaul] 1. TANBARK 2. tannin or a solution made from it, used to tan leather 3. a yellowish brown color 4. a darkening of the skin as by exposure to the sun or a sunlamp adj. tanner … English World dictionary
tan someone's hide — tan (someone s) hide old fashioned to hit someone, usually a child, many times as a punishment. I ll tan that boy s hide if he touches my toolbox again … New idioms dictionary
hide — Ⅰ. hide [1] ► VERB (past hid; past part. hidden) 1) put or keep out of sight. 2) conceal oneself. 3) keep secret. ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a camouflaged shelter used to observe wild … English terms dictionary
tan — [n/adj] light brown beige, biscuit, bronze, brown, brownish, buff, cream, drab, ecru, gold, khaki, leather colored, natural, olive, olivebrown, saddle, sand, suntan, tawny, umber, yellowish; concepts 618,622 tan [v] flog, whip baste, beat, belt,… … New thesaurus
tan (or whip) someone's hide — beat or flog someone. → hide … English new terms dictionary
tan someone's hide — ► tan (or whip) someone s hide beat or flog someone. Main Entry: ↑hide … English terms dictionary
tan. — «tan», adjective, noun, verb, tanned, tan|ning. –adj. 1. light yellowish brown in color: »He wore tan shoes. 2. having to do with tanning. 3. used in tanning. –n. 1 … Useful english dictionary
Tan — Tan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tanned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tanning}.] [F. tanner, LL. tannare. See {Tan}, n.] 1. To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hide and Seek (Stargate Atlantis) — Hide and Seek Episodio de Stargate Atlantis 250px Título Escondidillas / Jugando al Escondite Episodio nº 3 Temporada 1 … Wikipedia Español
