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a boot/kick up the/your backside idiomUKvery informal(USvery informala kick/boot in the/your backside) the act of telling someone forcefully to start doing something more quickly or actively: 鞭策,督促 She's so lazy - she needs a good boot up the backside.她太懒了——需要有人好好督促一下。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Chastising & rebuking admonishing admonishingly admonitory barracking bawl carpet 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
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