Idiom
box someone's ears
Meaning
To slap someone on the side of the head, usually as an informal punishment.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“If you keep teasing your sister, she will box your ears.”
“The old man threatened to box the boy's ears if he did not stop throwing rocks at the window.”
“The stern governess warned the children that she would box their ears should they continue to disrupt the quiet of the library.”
Examples
simple
“If you keep teasing your sister, she will box your ears.”
contextual
“The old man threatened to box the boy's ears if he did not stop throwing rocks at the window.”
complex
“The stern governess warned the children that she would box their ears should they continue to disrupt the quiet of the library.”
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