Punishment Phrases

Phrases

• A slap on the wrist
• Cop out
• Crime And Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky book)
• Cruel and unusual punishment
• Don't give a hang
• Get the hang of it
• Get your lumps
• Give a dog a bad name and hang him
• Give a man enough rope and he will hang himself
• Give him enough rope and he'll hang himself
• Glutton for punishment
• Hair shirt
• Hang a left
• Hang a right
• Hang about
• Hang around with
• Hang back
• Hang by the neck until dead
• Hang fire
• Hang him out to dry
• Hang in there
• Hang loose
• Hang on
• Hang on a minute
• Hang on by your fingertips
• Hang on every word
• Hang on for dear life
• Hang on like grim death
• Hang on to your shirt tails

• Hang out
• Hang out with
• Hang out your shingle
• Hang ten
• Hang time
• Hang tough
• Hang up your boots
• Hang up your hat
• Hang up your sword
• Hang your hat on
• Hang your head
• Hard labour
• Have you any last requests? (humorous question asked as though a person was about to be killed)
• Heads will roll
• I fought the law and the law won
• Let it all hang out
• Let the punishment fit the crime
• Lock him up and throw away the key
• Mete out punishment
• No names: no packdrill
• On the receiving end
• Short sharp shock
• Six of the best
• Smack on the wrist
• Sucker for punishment
• Take the rap
• Take your lumps
• The Naughty Corner
• The Penalty of Leadership (Cadillac advertising slogan)
• Zero tolerance