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put the knife in
put the knife in
put/stick the knife in
(
British & Australian informal
)
to do or say something unpleasant to someone in an unkind way
'No one in the office likes you, you know, Tim', she said, putting the knife in.
The reviewer from The Times really stuck the knife in, calling it the worst play he'd seen in years.
See also:
knife
,
put
Common Names:
Name
Gender
Pronounced
Usage
Casey
KAY-see
English, Irish
Fanny
['fæni]
Chelsie
CHEL-see
English (Modern)
Doris
DAWR-is
(English)
, DO-ris
(German)
English, German, Croatian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Krikor
-
Armenian
Kadek
-
Indonesian, Balinese
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