A good hiding

Posted by David on November 25, 2009 at 15:01

To be given a good hiding...

I am an English teacher and I tend to use a lot of idiomatic expressions...

I believe that this comes from 'hide', to skin an animal, therefore a good hiding refers to the apparent result of the beating...

Does anybody know the true meaning?

• A good hiding Victoria S Dennis 25/November/09