give someone his gruel
(UK, slang, obsolete) To kill or trounce someone.
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(UK, slang, obsolete) To kill or trounce someone.
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(UK, slang, dated) ; an unpleasant experience.
- cold gruel72%
Dated British slang for something thoroughly unpleasant or disagreeable — a situation or experience as unsatisfying and miserable as cold, congealed porridge. The phrase uses the poverty-associated image of gruel (thin, cheap porridge) at its worst (cold) as a metaphor for something utterly grim.
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(archaic) Coarse meal; groats.
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(idiomatic, slang) To punish; to rebuke.