drag over the coals
- Fuente de la expresión
- Collins
- Estructura completa
- To drag somebody over the coals
- Variantes
- [rake, drag, call, haul] over the coals
- Contexto
- I was dragged over the coals by my boss last week for messing up the accounting software. I know Mary messed up, but don't drag her over the coals too hard for it.
- Fuente del contexto
- The Free Dictionary by Farlex
- Tipo de fuente
- dictionary
- Autor
- Farlex
- Título de la fuente
- Drag (one) over the coals
- Año
- 2015
- Web
- https://goo.gl/87ahiX
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
- Marca dialectal
- General
- Frecuencia
- Raro