Brick City beat- down
English translation: a butt kicking ..got her butt kicked
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| 5 | a butt kicking ..got her butt kicked |
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| 3 +1 | beat up, beat down, probably the same thing |
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peer agreement (net): +1| brick city beat- down beat up, beat down, probably the same thing Explanation: There is a well-known music album by John "Hot Rod" Tompkins entitled "Brick City Beatdown". From the context here - some of their girls beat her up - I would imagine a Brick City beatdown, is a beating-up administered in Newark. There may be some more specific meaning as to what form of beating-up, like e.g. a Glasgow kiss means being head-butted in the face, but if so I haven't been able to find it. |
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| brick city beat- down a butt kicking ..got her butt kicked Explanation: brick city beat- down => a butt kicking ..got her butt kicked kick (somebody's) butt also kick some butt 1. to fight someone and hurt them kick (somebody's) ass Lyle claimed she could kick my butt, and then decided she had better start training in case anybody asked her to prove it. The cops in this city don't just want to kick down doors and kick some butt. 2. to defeat someone completely kick (somebody's) ass Even when Barry was hurting, he was not only on the field but also kicking butt. We hope they come back because we want to kick their butt again. See also: butt, kick http://www.idioms.thefreedictionary.com/kick butt |
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