to put one's foot in someone's ass
- idiom
- Offensive
:
darle una patada en el culo (vulg.)
- Sometimes a coach needs to put his foot in someone's ass to get results.
Examples
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After the poor performance, the manager put his foot in my ass during the meeting.
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My father threatened to put his foot in my ass if I kept slacking off in school.
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Don't put my foot in your ass!
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He really put his foot in her ass after that mistake.
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After the poor performance, the manager put his foot in my ass during the meeting.
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My father threatened to put his foot in my ass if I kept slacking off in school.
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Sometimes a coach needs to put his foot in someone's ass to get results.
Synonyms
90
3.9
Make someone feel bad by criticizing or teasing them
45
9.0
To beat or punish someone very badly
44
8.1
To tell someone angrily that they did something wrong
37
8.1
To scold someone very strongly for something they did
13
7.0
Scold someone angrily in front of others
11
8.1
To angrily tell someone off
5
8.3
Tell someone angrily that they did something wrong
4
7.9
Scold someone very strongly for a mistake
3
7.9
To tell someone strongly that they have done something wrong, often in front of others
1
8.7
Tell someone angrily that they did something wrong
1
7.9
To scold someone strongly and warn them of punishment
1
9.9
To attack or punish someone suddenly and violently, often for something they did
1
6.8
Tell someone angrily that they did something wrong
Take strong action to make someone work or change
To angrily tell someone they did something wrong, often in front of others
Scold someone very strongly, often in front of others
Criticize or attack someone strongly
To tell someone angrily that you do not like what they did
To speak to someone in a sudden angry way without good reason
To scold someone angrily for something they did
To attack or criticize someone who is already in trouble
Antonyms
How Forceful
- Offensive
- Formal
26
6.9
- Formal
33
6.1
987
3.3
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
put + one + foot + in + someone's + ass
The literal words ('put', 'foot', 'in', 'someone's', 'ass') transparently convey a violent or threatening physical action, so a B1 learner would likely infer general aggression or punishment from the parts. However, the phrase’s conventionalized slang meaning — to harshly reprimand or forcefully motivate someone — is a metaphorical extension and not fully predictable in its pragmatic nuance and usage, making it only partially derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Put one's foot in someone's ass is a rude image of literally putting a foot into someone's ass or back to shove them forward and make them move. So, it means 'to strongly scold or force someone to act'.