Haul someone over the coals
verb phrase
[1719+; fr the old ordeal by fire]
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[hawnch, hahnch] /hɔntʃ, hɑntʃ/ noun 1. the hip. 2. the fleshy part of the body about the hip. 3. a hindquarter of an animal. 4. the leg and loin of an animal, used for food. 5. Architecture. /hɔːntʃ/ noun 1. the human hip or fleshy hindquarter of an animal, esp a horse or similar quadruped […]
- Haunch-bone
noun 1. the ilium or hipbone. noun 1. a nontechnical name for the ilium, hipbone n. late 14c., from haunch + bone (n.).
- Haunched
[hawnch, hahnch] /hɔntʃ, hɑntʃ/ noun 1. the hip. 2. the fleshy part of the body about the hip. 3. a hindquarter of an animal. 4. the leg and loin of an animal, used for food. 5. Architecture. /hɔːntʃ/ noun 1. the human hip or fleshy hindquarter of an animal, esp a horse or similar quadruped […]
- Haunches
[hawnch, hahnch] /hɔntʃ, hɑntʃ/ noun 1. the hip. 2. the fleshy part of the body about the hip. 3. a hindquarter of an animal. 4. the leg and loin of an animal, used for food. 5. Architecture. /hɔːntʃ/ noun 1. the human hip or fleshy hindquarter of an animal, esp a horse or similar quadruped […]