Have her guts for garters In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "have her guts for garters", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Evelyn Nguyen

2021-03-14 08:03

Meaning of Have her guts for garters (redirected from I'll have your guts for garters )

I'll have your guts for garters British old-fashioned

To threaten that you will punish someone severely because of what they have done

If you keep breaking my vase, I'll have your guts for garters!

If the child fails the exam, his mother will have his guts for garters!

"I have lost 100 dolars!" "Your mother will have your guts for garters!"

If you lie to me, I'll have your guts for garters!"

Other phrases about:

I wasn't brought up in the woods to be scared by owls

I'm not stupid or easily scared.

I'll knock your block/head off!

Used to threaten someone that you will hit them, usually in the head

is that a threat or a promise?

Are you informing me of good or bad news?

tighten the screw(s) (on one)

To use force or threats to get someone to do what you want.

Grammar and Usage of I'll have your guts for garters

Origin of I'll have your guts for garters

It dates from the Tudor when disembowelment was used in the UK for torture and execution. They use the intestines to hold up the stockings. However, the threat wasn't a real one, people use another object to refer to this punishment: garters. Graters use to be used to hold up a stocking or sock.