beat someone to a pulp
Meaning: To beat someone very severely.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Example: “In the film, the gangsters beat the informer to a pulp.”
Category: Body & Senses
Origin: Pulp is soft, crushed matter. The phrase is found from the 19th century.
Equivalents in other languages
- French: Passer à tabac — literally: To be put through the tobacco
More idioms — Body & Senses
- have had it up to here — To be completely fed up.
- a spare tire — A roll of fat around the waist.
- get out of hand — To become impossible to control.
- bang one's head against a brick wall — To keep trying something with no result.
- get off on the right foot — To make a good start.
- turn one's back on someone — To abandon or refuse to help someone.
More English idioms
- firing on all cylinders — Working at full power and efficiency.
- by the bucketload — In large quantities.
- trouble in paradise — Problems in a relationship or situation that seemed perfect.
- no ifs, ands, or buts — Without any excuses or exceptions.
- strong as an ox — Very strong.
- fall on hard times — To become poor or suffer misfortune.
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