get one's gruel

get one's gruel
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(get (have или take) one's gruel)
1) получить взбучку, нагоняй; быть жестоко наказанным

Oddly ironical - now he came to think of it - if Jon had taken the gruel of his discovery down in the coppice where his mother and Bosinney in those old days had made the plunge of acknowledging their love. (J. Galsworthy, ‘To Let’, part III, ch. II) — Вот была бы ирония судьбы, как подумаешь, если бы он отправился терзать свое сердце как раз в ту рощу, где его мать и Босини в те далекие времена очертя голову признались друг другу в любви.

‘They decided to slate the play,’ he moaned, ‘and I'll have to take my gruel without complaint...’ (S. O'Casey, ‘The Flying Wasp’, ‘Overture’) — - Раскритиковали мою пьесу, - простонал он, - всыпали по первое число, и жаловаться нельзя...

...if he plays the fool, he'll get his gruel properly. (SPI) — ...если парень, вместо того чтобы работать, будет валять дурака, ему не поздоровится.

2) быть убитым

But ere they could perform this pious duty, The dying man cried, ‘Hold! I've got my gruel!’ (G. G. Byron, ‘Don Juan,’ canto XI) — Когда хотели вору помощь дать, Он тихо простонал: я скоро сгину... (перевод П. Козлова)


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • gruel — noun Etymology: Middle English grewel, from Anglo French gruel, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English grūt grout Date: 14th century 1. a thin porridge 2. [from to get one s gruel to accept punishment] chiefly British punishment 3. something… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • gruelling — also grueling, exhausting, punishing, 1891, from late 18c. slang get one s gruel receive one s punishment, from GRUEL (Cf. gruel) …   Etymology dictionary

  • gru´el|ler — gru|el «GROO uhl», noun, verb, eled, el|ing or (especially British) elled, el|ling. –n. 1. a nearly liquid food made by boiling oatmeal or other cereal in water or milk. Gruel is often given to those who are sick and old. 2. any similar substance …   Useful english dictionary

  • gru´el|er — gru|el «GROO uhl», noun, verb, eled, el|ing or (especially British) elled, el|ling. –n. 1. a nearly liquid food made by boiling oatmeal or other cereal in water or milk. Gruel is often given to those who are sick and old. 2. any similar substance …   Useful english dictionary

  • gru|el — «GROO uhl», noun, verb, eled, el|ing or (especially British) elled, el|ling. –n. 1. a nearly liquid food made by boiling oatmeal or other cereal in water or milk. Gruel is often given to those who are sick and old. 2. any similar substance. 3.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • gruelling — (US grueling) adjective extremely tiring and demanding. Derivatives gruellingly adverb Origin C19: from gruel exhaust, punish , from an old phr. get one s gruel receive one s punishment …   English new terms dictionary

  • gruelling — (US grueling) ► ADJECTIVE ▪ extremely tiring and demanding. DERIVATIVES gruellingly adverb. ORIGIN from obsolete gruel «exhaust, punish», from get one s gruel «receive one s punishment» …   English terms dictionary

  • gruellingly — gruelling (US grueling) ► ADJECTIVE ▪ extremely tiring and demanding. DERIVATIVES gruellingly adverb. ORIGIN from obsolete gruel «exhaust, punish», from get one s gruel «receive one s punishment» …   English terms dictionary

  • grueling — gru•el•ing [[t]ˈgru ə lɪŋ, ˈgru lɪŋ[/t]] adj. exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: a grueling marathon[/ex] Also, esp. brit. gru′el•ling. Etymology: 1850–55; gruel punishment (n.), punish (v.) (cf. to get one s gruel to be punished, killed) …   From formal English to slang

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