haukkua pataluhaksi — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
haukkua pataluhaksi is used for these senses in English:
- excoriate (transitive, figuratively) To strongly condemn or criticize.
- give someone a piece of one's mind (idiomatic) To express one's opinion strongly; to voice one's disagreement or dissatisfaction, especially with another person; to scold or rebuke someone.
- slam (transitive, colloquial, originally, US) To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.
excoriate — full definition
- verb To strip the skin or fur from something.
- verb To rub the skin raw or sore.
- verb To criticize someone very harshly.
slam — full definition
- verb To shut something with sudden force and a loud noise.
- verb To criticise someone or something harshly.
- noun A sudden loud impact or forceful closing.
- noun (bridge) A bid to win all or nearly all the tricks in a hand.
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