a slap on the wrist
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Meaning: If someone gives you a slap on the wrist, they give you a mild punishment for making a mistake or doing something wrong.
For example:
The tribunal didn't think it was a serious offence, so they just gave him a slap on the wrist. All he got was a warning.
Some of our players got a slap on the wrist for getting to the training session late. The coach warned them not to be late again and then made them do twenty push-ups.
Quick Quiz:
The judge gave her a slap on the wrist by sentencing her to
thirty years in jail
execution in the electric chair
a few hours of community service
englishclub.com Click for answer c.
!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English
Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition
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