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Jimmy Hung
2022-03-30 01:03
Tear (one) a new one slang verb phrase
To criticize someone in an extremely aggressive and angry way
Journalists have torn many companies defying the environmental rules a new one.
She resigned from her job after the boss tore her a new one.
To scold someone severely or angrily
To speak to someone in an irritable manner
To criticize someone or something harshly.
To aggressively criticize someone.
1. To broaden or remove the dirt from a hole or empty space inside something solid with a reamer.
2. To upbraid someone.
The verb "tear" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The origin of this slang is not clear.
Do you see anything wrong?
If you fall for someone's trick the first time then they are at fault.
Are you going to mess with me again? Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
