He'll skin you alive for being late for five minutes.
如果你迟到5分钟，他就会严厉申斥你。
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2
Your father will skin you alive.
你父亲会活剥了你的皮的。
3
Tracking my fingertips over his olive skin, I'm struck by the potency and fragility of blood and breath and bone - these intricate, insubstantial casings that separate us, keep us alive.