If you break that vase, your father will tan your hide.
tan someone's hide
idiomTo beat or spank someone, usually on their backside.
Origin
disputed originBy metaphor from tannery: beating hides (to condition them), tanning them (with dyes and chemicals), and so on.
The farmer warned the boys that he would tan their hides if they were caught stealing apples again.
The stern schoolmaster threatened to tan the hide of any student who dared to disrupt his lecture with such insolent behavior.
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Exactly what someone has been wishing or asking for.
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