eine aufs Dach bekommen / kriegen

to get a scolding

Türkçe: fırça yemek

Noun

Dach n.

Verb

kriegen

Topic

Alltag und Redewendungen

In a sentence

Die Angestellte bekam eine aufs Dach für ihren unentschuldigten Fehltag.

How it is used

Idiom meaning to receive a severe scolding or punishment. Colloquial register. Use when a child is punished by parents or an employee is chewed out by a boss. Passive form of 'jdm. aufs Dach steigen'.

Other verbs that go with Dach

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• jdm. aufs Dach steigento get on someone else's case
• das Dach anzündento set the roof on fire

All collocations with Dach

Other collocations built on kriegen

• eine Abreibung bekommen / kriegento get a severe scolding or defeat
• jdn. ins Bett kriegento successfully get someone (usually a child) into bed
• kalte Füße bekommen / kriegento get cold feet
• sich in die Haare kriegento get into a fight/argument
• Zunder kriegento get a dressing-down