- guts for garters
- Kiwi (New Zealand Slang)in big trouble; as in "I'll have your guts for garters!"
English dialects glossary. 2013.
guts for garters
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guts for garters — in big trouble; as in I ll have your guts for garters! … Kiwi (New Zealand slang)
have your guts for garters — have (your) guts for garters British, informal if you say that you will have someone s guts for garters, you mean that you intend to punish them very severely. If I catch you smoking again I ll have your guts for garters … New idioms dictionary
have guts for garters — have (your) guts for garters British, informal if you say that you will have someone s guts for garters, you mean that you intend to punish them very severely. If I catch you smoking again I ll have your guts for garters … New idioms dictionary
have somebody's guts for garters — have sb s ˌguts for ˈgarters f6 idiom (BrE, informal) to be very angry with sb and punish them severely for sth they have done • She ll have your guts for garters if she ever finds out. Main entry: ↑gut … Useful english dictionary
have someone's guts for garters — have someone’s guts for garters british old fashioned phrase used for saying that you will punish someone severely for something they have done Thesaurus: to punish someonesynonym punishment of being legally killedhyponym Main entry: guts … Useful english dictionary
have someone's guts for garters — verb To reprimand severely. If you go out and play and get your clothes dirty, Ill have your guts for garters! … Wiktionary
have someone's guts for garters Brit. — have someone s guts for garters Brit. humorous used as a threat of punishment. → gut … English new terms dictionary
have one's guts for garters — Vrb phrs. A reprimanding threat, usually to a youngster or child. E.g. If you don t tidy your room now I ll have your guts for garters … English slang and colloquialisms
have someone's guts for garters — ► have someone s guts for garters informal, humorous used as a threat of punishment. Main Entry: ↑gut … English terms dictionary
guts for garters, have one's — Punish or reprimand one. (Usu. facet, threat.) … A concise dictionary of English slang
