RAKE SOMEONE OVER THE COALS

Meaning of RAKE SOMEONE OVER THE COALS in English

North American way of saying haul someone over the coals (see coal ).

→ rake

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

RAKE SOMEONE OVER THE COALS — scold, reprimand His boss raked him over the coals when he heard about the lost sales report.
English Idioms vocab
OVER
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — alcun, alquí
English interlingue dictionary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century some person ; somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RAKE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OVER — I. |ōvə(r) adverb Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English ofer; akin to Old High German ubari, ubiri, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — ˈsəm(ˌ)wən pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum oon, from sum, som some + oon one : some person : somebody hoping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COALS — plural of coal present third singular of coal
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RAKE — (v. t.) To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of collecting and …
Английский словарь Webster
RAKE — ( v. t. ) To pass a rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — /sum"wun', -weuhn/ , pron. some person; somebody. [ 1275-1325; ME; see SOME, ONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RAKE — rake 1 — rakable, rakeable , adj. — raker , n. /rayk/ , n. , v. , raked, raking . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OVER — /oh"veuhr/ , prep. 1. above in place or position: the roof over one's head. 2. above and to the other …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — pron. some person, somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — n. person, human, human being
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
RAKE — I. ˈrāk noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English racu; akin to Old High German rehho rake Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OVER — I. ˈō-vər adverb Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English ofer; akin to Old High German ubar (preposition) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century : some person : somebody
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RAKE — vi to walk about; to gad or ramble idly. 2. rake ·vi to pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape …
Webster English vocab
OVER — adv from inside to outside, above or across the brim. 2. over ·adv at an end; beyond the limit of …
Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — ■ pronoun 1》 an unknown or unspecified person. 2》 a person of importance or authority.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — [some.one] pron (14c): some person: somebody
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RAKE — [rake] n [ME, fr. OE racu; akin to OHG rehho rake] (bef. 12c) 1 a: an implement equipped with projecting …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OVER- — [over-] prefix 1: so as to exceed or surpass "overachieve" 2: excessive "overstimulation" 3: to an excessive degree "overthin"over.ab.stract over.abun.dance …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OVER — [over] adv [ME, adv. & prep., fr. OE ofer; akin to OHG ubar (prep.) above, beyond, over, L super, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — someone BrE AmE ˈsʌm wʌn § \ -wɒn ▶ ˌ someone ˈ clever BrE AmE ▶ ˌ someone ˈ else …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOMEONE — / ˈsʌmwʌn; NAmE / (also some·body ) pronoun 1. a person who is not known or mentioned by name : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RAKE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVER — / ˈəʊvə(r); NAmE ˈoʊ-/ adverb , preposition , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of over …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — I. some ‧ one 1 S1 W1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RAKE — I. rake 1 /reɪk/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1-2: Language: Old English ; Origin: racu ] [ Sense 3: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OVER — I. o ‧ ver 1 S1 W1 /ˈəʊvə $ ˈoʊvər/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ofer …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RAKE — n. & v. --n. 1 a an implement consisting of a pole with a crossbar toothed like a comb at …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. --adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RAKE — n. & v. n. 1 a an implement consisting of a pole with a crossbar toothed like a comb at …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEONE — n. & pron. SOMEBODY.
Oxford English vocab
RAKE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a an implement consisting of a pole with a crossbar toothed like a comb …
Oxford English vocab
OVER — adv., prep., n., & adj. --adv. expressing movement or position or state above or beyond something stated or implied: 1. …
Oxford English vocab
OVER — I. POSITION AND MOVEMENT /oʊvə(r)/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use someone or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RAKE — ( rakes, raking, raked) 1. A rake is a garden tool consisting of a row of metal or wooden teeth …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
OVER — I. POSITION AND MOVEMENT Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMEONE — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES take someone on an expedition ▪ He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RAKE — I. noun PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES haul/rake/drag sb over the coals EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And on a car of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — somebody [pronoun] - a single personThere's someone outside the house.Someone must have seen what happened.Surely someone knows where the documents …
Cambridge English vocab
SOMEONE — Synonyms and related words : Adamite, being, body, cat, chap, character, creature, customer, duck, earthling, fellow, groundling, guy, hand, head, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pron. Function: pronoun Synonyms: SOMEBODY
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OVER — adj. run over run through or over all over bend over blanch over boil over bowl over check over come …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OVER — I. adverb 1. from one point to another across intervening space sailed over to the island Synonyms: across, athwart, beyond, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Synonyms: somebody
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
OVER — See ↑ ABOVE 1, ↑ ACROSS 1, ↑ DURING 1, ↑ MORE 2, ↑ ON/ON TOP OF 1 ◆◆◆ • …
Longman Activator English vocab
OVER — adj. 25B6; preposition there will be cloud over most of the country : ABOVE, on top of, higher (up) than, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
RAKE — v. 1 Often, rake up. scrape together, gather (together or up), collect, draw together You really must rake up the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OVER — prep. 1 above, on, upon, on top of, atop (of) She spread a tarpaulin over the boat to protect it …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEONE — мест.; неопред. кто-нибудь, кто-то Syn : somebody, anybody кто-то, кто-нибудь, кто-либо - * else кто-то другой - * else's чужой, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RAKE — I 1. сущ. 1) а) грабли садовый инструмент; тж. машина для сгребания сена Syn : road-scraper б) перен. очень худой …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OVER — 1. предл. 1) а) указывает на движение или нахождение над каким-л. предметом над, выше a flight over the sea ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COALS — Угли
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COALS — Уголья
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
COALS — Уголье
Американский Англо-Русский словарь

Concise Oxford English vocab

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