give somebody the third degree

informalASK A QUESTION to ask someone a lot of questions in order to get information from them 〔为获得信息而〕严加盘问某人

I got home after midnight and Dad gave me the third degree.

我午夜过后才回家，爸爸严厉盘问了我一番。

Examples from the Corpus

give somebody the third degree• And would Feargal now give him the third degree?• I was just out with friends - you don't have to give me the third degree.• Whenever one of my boyfriends came to the house, Dad would give them the third degree.

→ give somebody the third degree at third degree(1)

单词	give somebody the third degree
释义	give somebody the third degree give somebody the third degree informalASK A QUESTION to ask someone a lot of questions in order to get information from them 〔为获得信息而〕严加盘问某人 I got home after midnight and Dad gave me the third degree. 我午夜过后才回家，爸爸严厉盘问了我一番。 Examples from the Corpus give somebody the third degree• And would Feargal now give him the third degree?• I was just out with friends - you don't have to give me the third degree.• Whenever one of my boyfriends came to the house, Dad would give them the third degree. → give somebody the third degree at third degree(1)
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