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Jimmy Hung
2021-10-18 10:10
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.
Do you see anything wrong?
People tend to like forbidden or illegal things just because they are forbidden or illegal.
He must have believed that stolen fruit is the sweetest, and he, therefore, cheated on his partner.
