FORTY LASHES WITH A WET NOODLE

Meaning of FORTY LASHES WITH A WET NOODLE in English

Ann Landers' (Eppie Lederer) suggested self-flagellation for imagined or real offenses. Example: Give yourself forty lashes with a wet noodle.

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NOODLE — stulton; (cul.) nudle
English interlingue dictionary
FORTY — quaranti
English interlingue dictionary
NOODLE — bihon;miki;tanghon
English-Visayan vocabulary
FORTY — cuarenta;kap'atan;kapÆatan;kuarenta;kuwarenta;kwarenta
English-Visayan vocabulary
NOODLE — I. noun Etymology: perhaps alteration of noddle Date: 1753 a stupid person ; simpleton , head , noggin , II. …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FORTY — noun (plural forties) Etymology: Middle English fourty, adjective, from Old English fēowertig, from fēowertig group of 40, from fēower four …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WITH — I. (|)wi]th, ]th, _wə] preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, preposition & adverb, against, opposite, toward, with; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WET — I. ˈwet, usu -ed.+V verb ( wet or wetted ; wet or wetted ; wetting ; wets ) Etymology: Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOODLE — I. ˈnüd ə l noun ( -s ) Etymology: perhaps alteration of noddle (I) 1. : a stupid person : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FORTY — I. ˈfȯr]d.]ē, ˈfōr], ˈfȯ(ə)], ˈfōə], ]t], ]i adjective Etymology: Middle English fourty, from Old English fēowertig, from fēowertig, n., group …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOODLE — (n.) A thin strip of dough, made with eggs, rolled up, cut into small pieces, and used in soup.
Английский словарь Webster
NOODLE — (n.) A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny.
Английский словарь Webster
FORTY — (n.) A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.
Английский словарь Webster
FORTY — (n.) The sum of four tens; forty units or objects.
Английский словарь Webster
FORTY — (a.) Four times ten; thirty-nine and one more.
Английский словарь Webster
NOODLE — ( n. ) A thin strip of dough, made with eggs, rolled up, cut into small pieces, and used in …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NOODLE — ( n. ) A simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FORTY — ( n. ) The sum of four tens; forty units or objects.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FORTY — ( n. ) A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FORTY — ( a. ) Four times ten; thirty-nine and one more.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOODLE — noodle 1 /noohd"l/ , n. a narrow strip of unleavened egg dough that has been rolled thin and dried, boiled, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FORTY — /fawr"tee/ , n. , pl. forties , adj. n. 1. a cardinal number, ten times four. 2. a symbol for …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOODLE — n. piece of pasta; stupid person; head (Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LASHES — n. strokes of a whip; whips; eyelashes
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FORTY — adj. being 40 in number
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WET — I. ˈwet adjective ( wet·ter ; wet·test ) Etymology: Middle English, partly from past participle of weten to wet & …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NOODLE — I. ˈnü-d ə l noun Etymology: perhaps alteration of noddle Date: 1753 1. : a stupid person : simpleton 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FORTY — noun ( plural forties ) Etymology: Middle English fourty, adjective, from Old English fēowertig, from fēowertig group of 40, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WET — adj a dram; a drink. 2. wet ·impf & ·p.p. of wet. 3. wet ·superl refreshed with liquor; drunk. 4. …
Webster English vocab
NOODLE — noun a simpleton; a blockhead; a stupid person; a ninny. 2. noodle ·noun a thin strip of dough, made with …
Webster English vocab
FORTY — adj four times ten; thirty-nine and one more. 2. forty ·noun the sum of four tens; forty units or objects. …
Webster English vocab
NOODLE — ~ 1 ■ noun a very thin, long strip of pasta or a similar flour paste. Origin C18: from Ger. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WET — [wet] adj wet.ter ; wet.test [ME, partly fr. pp. of weten to wet & partly fr. OE waet wet; akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NOODLE — [noo.dle] n [perh. alter. of noddle] (1753) 1: a stupid person: simpleton 2: head, noggin [2]noodle n [G Nudel] (1779): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FORTY — [for.ty] n, pl forties [ME fourty, adj., fr. OE feowertig, fr. feowertig group of 40, fr. feower four + -tig …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NOODLE — a cooked egg-and-flour paste prominent in European and Oriental cuisine, generally distinguished from other pasta (q.v.) by its elongated, ribbonlike …
Britannica English vocabulary
WET — wet BrE AmE wet ▷ wets wets ▷ wetted ˈwet ɪd -əd AmE ˈwet̬ əd ▷ wetter ˈwet ə AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NOODLE — noodle BrE AmE ˈnuːd ə l ▷ noodle|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FORTY — fort|y, Forty BrE AmE ˈfɔːt |i § ˈfɔːt t|i AmE ˈfɔːrt̬ |i ▷ fort|ies iz ▶ ˌ forty ˈ winks …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WET — / wet; NAmE / adjective , verb , noun ■ adjective ( wet·ter , wet·test ) 1. covered with or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOODLE — / ˈnuːdl; NAmE / noun 1. [ usually pl. ] a long thin strip of pasta , used especially in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITH — with S1 W1 /wɪð, wɪθ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: 'against, from, with' ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WET — I. wet 1 S2 W3 /wet/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative wetter , superlative wettest ) [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOODLE — noo ‧ dle /ˈnuːdl/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: German ; Origin: nudel ] [usually plural] a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
NOODLE — n. 1 a simpleton. 2 sl. the head. [18th c.: orig. unkn.]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FORTY — n. & adj. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 the product of four and ten. 2 a symbol for this (40, xl, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FORTY — n. & adj. n. (pl. -ies) 1 the product of four and ten. 2 a symbol for this (40, xl, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WET
Oxford English vocab
FORTY — n. & adj. --n. (pl. -ies) 1. the product of four and ten. 2 a symbol for this (40, xl, …
Oxford English vocab
WITH — Pronounced /wɪð/ for meanings 20 and 21. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WET — ( wetter, wettest, wets, wetting, wetted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FORTY — ( forties) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Forty is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FORTY — (forties) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Forty is the number 40. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WET — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a damp/wet patch ▪ There were damp patches on the ceilings. a dry/wet spell …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NOODLE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB cook ▪ Drain. Cook noodles according to package directions. ▪ Add some broth, cabbage …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FORTY — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES forty winks ▪ I felt a lot better after I had forty winks. PHRASES FROM …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WET — (NOT DRY) [adjective], [noun] [U] wetter, wettest - with liquid in, on or around (something); not drya wet floora wet …
Cambridge English vocab
FORTY — [determiner], [pronoun], [noun] - (the number) 40thirty-nine, forty, forty-onea forty-seater coacha forty-roomed mansion"How many children are there?" "Forty (children)."I can't …
Cambridge English vocab
NOODLE — See: USE ONE'S HEAD or USE ONE'S NOODLE.
Slang English vocab
WET — I. wet verb to make wet by or as if by saturating with water they were wet thoroughly by the …
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