- Box your ears
- Many young chaps heard their dads threaten to box their ears when I was a littlun. Generally meant a slap around the head for misbehaving. Probably illegal these days!!
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Box your ears
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box ears — box (someone s) ears old fashioned to hit someone, usually as a punishment. I ll box your ears, young man, if you come home late again! … New idioms dictionary
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