To Carve Someone Up In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "To Carve Someone Up", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Caroline Tran

2020-11-25 06:11

be bombed out (of something)

To Carve Someone Up phrasal verb informal

To cut or divide something into smaller parts; to hurt, injure or damage someone or something by using a knife

.I think the project will feel less difficult if we carve it up into smaller sections.

The criminal carved him up and he had to go to the hospital.

British informal To drive past another car while driving and then drive in front of it

My friend carved me up on the way over here.

Sticks and stones may break my bones

A response to an insult, implying that people can be hurt by physical force but not by insults

Open a Can Of Whoop-Ass

Beat someone up

sting (one) to the quick

To make one feel extremely upset, hurt or offended

If you play with fire, you get burned

If you do something dangerous or risky, you will get hurt.

Used to say that someone was badly and deeply hurt or affected by imprisonment or ill-treatment

The verb "carve" should be conjugated according to its tense. A noun or pronoun can be used between "carve" and "up".

The idiom derived from the Old English verb "ceorfan", meaning cut or carve.