СНЯТЬ СТРУЖКУ
• СНИМАТЬ/СНЯТЬ СТРУЖКУ с кого highly coll
[VP; subj: human]
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⇒ to reprimand, criticize, scold s.o. severely:
- X снимет с Y-а стружку••≈ X will give Y a dressing-down <a talking-to, the business, a hard time>;
- X will bawl <chew> Y out. Cf. read s.o. the riot act.
♦ "Комендант прикатил, стружку за план снимать будет" (Максимов 2). "The commandant's arrived. He's come to give me a hard time because we're behind with the delivery plan" (2a).