The boss will make noise if you arrive late again.
make noise
idiomTo scold, condemn, or criticize very harshly.
Origin
disputed originSense 3 is likely a semantic loan from Tamil சத்தம் போடு (cattam pōṭu).
The neighbors started to make noise when we played loud music after midnight.
The public began to make noise regarding the senator's recent controversial policy decisions.
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box of toys
[Cockney slang]noise
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cannot make it
Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.
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doctors make the worst patients
It is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.
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enough to make a cat laugh
Very outlandish or outrageous.
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enough to make the angels weep
Something so distressing that it causes one to lose hope and faith.
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fine feathers make fine birds
Something that appears beautiful or good is by definition beautiful or good.
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food noise
A mental preoccupation with food that is differentiable from hunger and from cravings but tends to urge people to overeat.
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it takes all kinds to make a world
Diversity is essential: the world would be incomplete if everyone were alike; an expression of surprise at a person or people's eccentricity.