pin ears back

pin someone's ears back

1. Fig. to beat someone, especially about the head. Don't talk to me like that or I will pin your ears back! Max wanted to pin back Lefty's ears for making fun of him.

2. Fig. to give someone a good scolding. Did you hear him? He really pinned Chuck's ears back. He pinned back Chuck's ears.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bogumir	-	Medieval Slavic
Yehudah	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Goldberg	['gəuldbɜ:g]
Hari	-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali
Driscoll	['driskəl]
Nathanael	nay-THAN-ee-əl (English), nay-THAN-yəl (English)	Biblical, Biblical Greek