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skin alive

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Inglés		Español
skin [sb/sth] alive vtr + adj	(flay while living) (literal)	despellejar⇒, desollar⇒ vtr
		despellejar a, desollar a vtr + prep
	The Inquisition had prisoners skinned alive to make them confess to supposed sins.
	La Inquisición despellejó vivas a algunas personas para hacerlas confesar.
skin [sb] alive vtr + adj	figurative (punish) (figurado)	desollar a vtr + prep
	My mum will skin me alive for losing my school bag.
	Mi madre me va a desollar cuando se entere de que he perdido la mochila del colegio.

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