slap on the wrist 的定义
- A mild reproof, as in We were fined heavily, and all she got from the judge was a slap on the wrist. [Early 1900s]
slap on the wrist 近义词
nominal punishment
slap on the wrist 的近义词 1 个
更多slap on the wrist例句
- Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
- France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
- Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
- Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
- Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
- Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
- You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
- Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.
- I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
- Just try it once, and you'll see how ingenious it is—only one must be careful not to throw out the elbow in turning out the wrist.