Let (someone) Have It (with Both Barrels) Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does Let (someone) Have It (with Both Barrels) Idiom mean?

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let (someone) have it (with both barrels) What does let (someone) have it (with both barrels) mean?	attack someone verbally	The woman let her husband have it when he came home late from work without phoning.
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like getting blood out of a stone What does "like getting blood out of a stone" mean?	very difficult to get something from someone or something	It is like getting blood out of a stone to try and ask my friend for anything.

cash in (something) What does "cash in (something)" mean?	to exchange coupons or bonds for their value in money	I cashed in a large number of my savings bonds in order to get some money to buy a car.
clean bill of health What does "clean bill of health" mean?	a report or certificate that a person or animal is healthy	The doctor gave me a clean bill of health when I visited him last month.
rake in the money What does "rake in the money" mean?	to make a lot of money	My cousin's new pizza franchise has been raking in the money since it opened.
keep an eye on What does "keep an eye on" mean?	check something regularly.	"You're busy, so you'll need to keep an eye onthe time. Remember that we have to leave at 4:30."
undies What does "undies" mean?	underwear

All my eye and Peggy Martin What does "All my eye and Peggy Martin" mean?	(UK) An idiom that appears to have gone out of use but was prevalent in the English north Midlands of Staffordshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire from at least the turn of the 20th century until the early 1950s or so. The idiom's meaning is literally something said or written that is unbelievable, rumor, over embellished, the result of malicious village gossip etc.
break a record What does "break a record" mean?	to set a new record that is better than an old one	The team tried hard to break a record during the last week of the season.
a penny for one`s thoughts What does "a penny for one`s thoughts" mean?	the telling to others of what you are thinking about	"A penny for your thoughts," the girl said as she saw her boyfriend looking out the window.

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Let (someone) Have It (with Both Barrels) Idiom