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slap on the wrist

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Inglés		Español
slap on the wrist n	figurative (mild reprimand)	amonestación menor nf + adj
	Two years in prison was no more than a slap on the wrist for that revolting murderer.
	Philip needn't have worried about the sentence, as he was only given a slap on the wrist.
	Dos años de prisión fueron sólo una amonestación menor para ese asqueroso asesino. // Phillip no se debería haber preocupado por esa sentencia ya que sólo le dieron una amonestación menor.

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