trip to the woodshed

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An occasion on which a reprimand or punishment is administered privately. US,idiomatic
    — More than a few of the 3,000 members of the National Association of Manufacturers, gathered for their annual convention in Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel last week, felt like small boys worrying about a trip to the woodshed. None knew how vindictive or friendly toward business the Truman Administration would be.

词形变化

trips to the woodshed plural

词源

Probably derived from the previous term "horseshedding," meaning to take a person privately (such as to a horse shed or woodshed, separate buildings away from the house) for private cajoling or reprimand.
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