| 词汇 | to settle someone's hash |
| 释义 | (redirected from to settle someone's hash)settle someone's hashSl. to calm someone down, perhaps by threats or by violence. If he comes in here, I'll settle his hash. Now, that ought to settle your hash. settle someone's hashSubdue or get rid of someone, deal with a troublemaker, as in If John starts another argument we know just how to settle his hash. This term, dating from about 1800, uses hash in the sense of "a mess." settle someone's hashdeal with and subdue a person very forcefully. informalsettle (someone's) hashSlang To silence or subdue. settle someone's hash, toTo subdue; to get rid of someone or something. The “hash” in question is the mess that has been made of things. The term has been around since at least 1800. “We therefore mean to make a dash/To settle fighting Europe’s hash,” wrote T. G. Fessenden (Pills Political, 1809). Settling someone’s hash is not quite the same as making mincemeat of someone, despite the superficial similarity (both involve chopped meat). The latter implies complete demolition, i.e., chopping up. |
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