A Pluto.Studio app
Verbindung German noun-verb collocations · Android · Free

jdn. zur Schnecke machen

to chew someone out

Türkçe: birini fırçalamak

Noun
die Schnecke f.
Verb
machen
Topic
Alltag und Redewendungen
Register
Very informal; avoid in professional writing

In a sentence

Which form of machen fills the gap?

Die Lehrerin ____ den unaufmerksamen Schüler vor der Klasse zur Schnecke.

Show the full sentence

Die Lehrerin machte den unaufmerksamen Schüler vor der Klasse zur Schnecke.

How it is used

Colloquial idiom meaning to severely scold or chew someone out. Use when a boss yells at an employee for a major mistake. Very informal; avoid in professional writing.

Other collocations built on machen

All 116 collocations built on machen

More from Alltag und Redewendungen

All collocations in Alltag und Redewendungen

Verbindung drills 3,086 of these with spaced repetition, on Android. Free, offline, no account.

Get Verbindung free