knuckle sandwich | Idiomator

Meaning: (slang)Apunchto theface, especially to themouth.1957,Jerome Chodorov,Joseph [Albert] Fields,Anniversary Waltz: Comedy in Three Acts, rev. edition, New York, N.Y.:Dramatists Play Service, Inc.,→OCLC,page20:OKKIE. (Raises his fist, kissing the knuckles menacingly—follows her to bottom of steps.) How would you like aknuckle sandwich?2002April 7,Ira Berkow, “Sports of the times: A Babe Ruth myth is stirred up again”, inThe New York Times‎[1], archived fromthe originalon27 May 2015:Rather than an embrace, the Babe [Babe Ruth] would most assuredly like to have given aknuckle sandwichto the executives of that candy corps. Or hit them over the head with his 42-ounce bat.2002,Tony Young, Dalton Higgins, “Cleft Palate/Harelip”, inMuch Master T: One VJ's Journey, Toronto, Ont.:ECW Press,→ISBN,page30:My brother Basil was probably the most protective of me. He would be willing to wallop anyone with aknuckle sandwich(knuckle sandwiches, not knives or guns, were big back then) who messed with me.

Examples:

EN: Cut the baloney or I'll give you a knuckle sandwich and you'll be eating humble pie.
ES: Corta el rollo o te daré una buena tunda y acabarás mordiendo el polvo.
EN: Stay in that cockpit, or you'll walk into a knuckle sandwich, you chicken.
ES: Quédate en la cabina o te las verás con mi puño, gallina.
EN: One more ad lib like that, toots, and you're gettin' a knuckle sandwich.
ES: ¡Otra improvisación y te doy un puñetazo!
EN: You want a knuckle sandwich?
ES: ¿Quieres un sándwich de golpes?
ES: ¿Quieres una trompada?
EN: They hung a homosexual label on him, then each gave him a knuckle sandwich.
ES: Le llamaron homosexual y la emprendieron a puñetazos con él.
EN: How'd you like a knuckle sandwich?
ES: ¿Cómo te gustaría un sándwich de nudillos?
EN: How'd you like to take a flying leap up a knuckle sandwich?
ES: ¿Te gustaría dar un salto volador un sándwich nudillo?
EN: - Do you want a knuckle sandwich?
ES: - ¿Quieres un sandwich de puños?
EN: Here we are, waiting to duck a terminal knuckle sandwich, and all this screeve's going on about is whether we've got an appointment or not.
ES: Aquí estamos, esperando esquivar un golpe mortal,... y todo este lío es sobre si tenemos o no una cita.
EN: Well, go find him. He caused 300 bucks damage to my car, and I owe him a knuckle sandwich. Get going!
ES: Por su culpa, gasté $300 en el auto y le debo un sopapo. ¡Vayan!
EN: You're going to get a knuckle sandwich, and I don't mean a sandwich with some knuckles in it.
ES: ¡Voy a darte con todos los nudillos y no seran solo los nudillos!
EN: Screwball! Wanna knuckle sandwich?
ES: Idiota, ¿te parto la cara?
EN: You should have given her a knuckle sandwich!
ES: Deberías darle unos buenos golpes.
EN: That's the only thing that women understand. A good knuckle sandwich!
ES: Es lo único que entienden las mujeres.
EN: - A knuckle sandwich before bedtime. - Stop it! Stop it!
ES: ¡Alto!

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