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(chiefly US, idiomatic) An occasion on which a reprimand or punishment is administered privately.

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trip to the woodshed

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trip to the woodshed

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US idiomatic

(chiefly US, idiomatic) An occasion on which a reprimand or punishment is administered privately.

Japanese Meaning

非公式に、個々に行われる叱責または懲罰が実施される状況 / 個人的な場での注意または罰を受ける機会

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After the team missed another deadline, she knew a trip to the woodshed was coming.

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チームがまた締め切りを守れなかったので、彼女は私的な叱責が待っていると分かっていた。

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(chiefly US, idiomatic) An occasion on which a reprimand or punishment is administered privately.

More than a few of the 3,000 members of the National Association of Manufacturers, gathered for their annual convention in Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel last week, felt like small boys worrying about a trip to the woodshed. None knew how vindictive or friendly toward business the Truman Administration would be.

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trips to the woodshed

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