释义 |
a kick/boot in the/your backside idiomUSvery informal(UKvery informala boot/kick up the/your backside) the act of telling someone forcefully to start doing something more quickly or actively: She's so lazy - she needs a good kick in the backside. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Chastising & rebuking admonishing admonishingly admonitory barracking bawl coal earbashing keelhaul lambaste lecture pull someone up punchbag punching bag put someone in their placeidiom rap someone over the knucklesidiom shame spoken tear ticking-off wigging |