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a knuckle sandwich

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a knuckle sandwich  (humorous)
if you give someone a knuckle sandwich, you hit them You'll get a knuckle sandwich if you don't shut up.
See also: knuckle, sandwich


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Stubbs is furious at the thought of his girlfriend having a fling under his nose, storms home, finds Peter in his shower and, having no idea who he is, treats him to a knuckle sandwich.
Not literally - although a knuckle sandwich from the hotel owner wouldn't be entirely unwarranted - but nonetheless the blow is enough to make me sit up, look around, and realise I'm no longer who I think I am or who I've been for all my adult life.
But try telling the Watford-based 16st 7lbs front-rower that he isn't as Welsh as Swansea Bay cockles on Bara Brith and you could end up on the wrong end of a knuckle sandwich.
 
 
 
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