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a boot/kick up the/your backside
idiomUKvery informal(USvery informala kick/boot in the/your backside)
the act of telling someone forcefully to start doing something more quickly or actively: 鞭策，督促
She's so lazy - she needs a good boot up the backside.她太懒了——需要有人好好督促一下。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Chastising & rebuking
admonishing
admonishingly
admonitory
barracking
bawl
carpet
earbashing
keelhaul
lambaste
lecture
pull someone up
punchbag
punching bag
put someone in their placeidiom
rap someone over the knucklesidiom
shame
spoken
tear
ticking-off
wigging
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