a box on the ear

A physical blow struck on or around the ear, usually as a punishment or reprimand for some behavior. Mom gave me a box on the ear when I arrived home late.

See also: box, ear, on

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go blow it out your ear
Go blow it out your ear!
blow it out your ear
blow it out your ear!
have (one's) ear
have somebody's ear
have someone's ear
have the ear of (one)
have the ear of someone
smile from ear to ear

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a blind date
a blind man could see this/that/it
a blind spot
a blot on (one's) escutcheon
a blot on escutcheon
a blot on the escutcheon
a blot on the landscape
a blot on your escutcheon
a blow-by-blow account
a blow-by-blow account, description, etc.
a blow-by-blow description
a blue funk
a blue-eyed boy
a body blow
a bolt from the blue
a bone in your leg
a bone of contention
a bone to pick
a boon and a bane
a boon or a bane
a bottomless pit
a bounden duty
a bowl of cherries
a box of birds
a box of tricks
a box on the ear
a brass farthing
a brass hat
a brave new world
a bread-and-butter letter
a breath of fresh air
a breathing space
a breed apart
a brick in (one's) hat
a brick short of a load
a bridge too far
a bright idea
a bright spark
a broad church
a broken clock is right twice a day
a broken reed
a Bronx cheer
a broth of a boy
a budding genius
a bull in a china shop
a bully is always a coward
a bum steer
a bumpy ride
a bunch of baloney
a bunch of fives
a bunch of malarkey
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a bottle
a bottle baby
A bottle of mineral water
A bottle of red wine
A bottle of sparkling mineral water
A bottle of still mineral water
A bottle of the house wine
A bottle of white wine
a bottom
a bottom drawer
a bottom line
a bottomless pit
a bouncer
a bounden duty
a bounden duty
a bounden duty
a bow wow
a bow-wow
a bowl of cherries
a bowser
A Box
A Box
A Box of Birds
A Box of Birds
A Box of Birds
A Box of Birds
A Box of Birds
A Box of Birds
A Box of Birds
a box of tricks
a box on the ear
A Boy and His Blob
a boy beater
A Boy Called Art
A Boy Can do Everything for A Girl
a boy toy
a boy-beater
a bozo
a bozo filter
a bozo-filter
a bra burner
a bra-burner
A brachialis
A brachialis
A brachialis
a brain box
a brain child
a brain drain
a brain dump
a brain like a sieve
a brain storm
a brain teaser
a brain trust
a brain twister
a brain-child
a brain-drain
a brain-dump
a brain-storm
a brain-teaser
a brain-twister
a brainchild
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