Tear somebody off a strip/tear a strip off somebody In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "tear somebody off a strip/tear a strip off somebody", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Tommy Tran

2021-01-04 06:01

rake someone over the coals , tell someone off , give someone a dressing-down

Tear somebody off a strip/tear a strip off somebody British informal verb phrase

If you tear a strip off someone or tear them off a strip, you scold or criticize someone severely for doing something wrong.

Her parents tore a strip off her because she got home late last night.

My manager tears me off a strip for coming to work late.

My boss would tear me off a strip, if I lost this contract.

The verb "tear" should be conjugated according to its tense.

The expression was originally from Royal Air Force slang, and it was first recorded in the 1940s.

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a hair in the butter

A problem or difficult circumstance

Example:

I'm short-sighted, so forgetting my glasses is a real hair in the butter for my sight.

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