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Phrase(s): nail someone to a cross [and] nail someone(‘s hide) to the wall Fig. to punish or scold someone severely. (Literally, to crucify someone or to nail someone’s skin to the wall like that of a captured animal.) • That guy was really mad. He really nailed you to a cross. • She must hate your guts. She sure nailed your hide to the wall.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs