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trip to the woodshed
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Meanings:
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colloquial
informal
A punishment or beating, originally implying corporal chastisement administered in a secluded place such as a woodshed.
A severe reprimand or corrective disciplinary action intended to chastise or put someone in their place.
Examples:
EN:
That's just the way he was when Dad took him on his first trip to the woodshed.
ES:
Así estaba cuando papá se lo llevó por primera vez para echarle una reprimenda.
EN:
- Pretty soon, you boys'll have to... Maybe a trip to the woodshed'll...
ES:
Muy pronto tendrán que...
EN:
And so it is that a trip to the woodshed shall be her lot.
HI:
तो जो यात्रा होगी उसकी मंजिल
EN:
That's just the way he was when Dad took him on his first trip to the woodshed.
ES:
Así estaba cuando papá se lo llevó por primera vez para echarle una reprimenda.
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