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You might give them a clip round the ear.
The cook gave him a clip round the ear.
A clip round the ear has more chance of preventing him from doing something a second time than bringing all these other agencies in.
More fines and a not infrequent clip round the ear.
Adam didn't struggle; no point in wasting energy when all he'd get for his efforts would be a clip round the ear.
The history master had interrupted his reverie with a smart clip round the ear.
I searched half the bloody night and all I got was a clip round the ear from my uncle.
'Did you want something in particular, or are you just down here for a clip round the ear?'
Or your PE teacher's clip round the ear?
Smith plays a petty criminal who, after a clip round the ear from a policeman, suddenly sees the error of his ways and is reformed.
In those days, police officers still commanded respect and a clip round the ear for troublemakers would not end in a lawsuit.
Yeah, he comes round to give me a clip round the ear and give me hassle.
Answer that one truthfully and you'd have got a clip round the ear for your honesty--otherwise known as sarcasm until you're an adult.
'Henry!' said Elinor, in a voice that suggested that if he didn't shut up he might get a clip round the ear.
Male indris respect female rights, waiting at the bottom of trees until the females have finished feeding (and getting a clip round the ear if they don't).
This guide will come in handy when I win my Nobel Peace Prize for giving Cameron a clip round the ear and a stern talking-to.
A child could go in for a glass of lemonade and be certain of getting nothing worse than a clip round the ear when his mother heard his expanded vocabulary.
I know some readers won't agree that a hard slap on the bottom or leg won't hurt, but I would never agree to a clip round the ear or head.
The days have gone when you could give them a clip round the ear and they'd say, "Thank you sir, I deserved that," and send you a Christmas card."
She had Rita arrested and prosecuted for assaulting Chesney as he cut his head when he fell in The Kabin after Rita gave him a clip round the ear.
When he told us he was letting us go, but to get a permit for the future, I felt almost inclined to ask him for a clip round the ear just to make sure I'd learned my lesson.
Having just a rudimentary knowledge of the French language, Rowe was required to learn on the job during basic training, during which the speaking of other languages is not permitted under pain of a "clip round the ear".
You ask a man who has a bit more experience and plenty of common sense ad he'll say to you, 'Get the lad in, bring him home to his parents and the father will give him a clip round the ear.'
It quite rightly demanded that the German legislators should fully discharge their responsibility for protecting and maintaining the fundamental civil rights guaranteed by the German Basic Law, and this ruling was without doubt a resounding clip round the ear for them.
According to Vinnie Jones, these days surrounded by the ostentatious trappings of Hollywood success, if anyone had suggested they were feeling a little down in his time kicking lumps out of much of the Football League, they would have got a clip round the ear for their trouble.