a slap on the wrist
phrase informal
a gentle warning or punishment: 轻微的警告（或惩罚）
give someone a slap on the wristThe police officer gave Minna a slap on the wrist for not wearing her seat belt.警官因为明娜没有系安全带而对她稍稍惩戒了一下。
You'll probably get a slap on the wrist but nothing worse.
It seems extraordinary that these people will face no more than a slap on the wrist.
We need to make sure that criminals like these get more from the authorities than a slap on the wrist.
He escaped a lengthy prison sentence with a light slap on the wrist.
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a slap on the wrist | American Dictionary
a slap on the wrist
idiom
a small punishment when a more severe punishment is deserved:
They rob someone on the street and they get a slap on the wrist – thirty days in jail.
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