do someone wrong Идиома
do someone wrong
do someone wrong Also,
do someone damage or
harm. Injure someone; be unfaithful or disloyal; act unjustly or unfairly toward someone. For example,
John's done me wrong, and I intend to tell him so, or
She did him real damage when she started that rumor: The first term dates from the late 1300s; the substitutions of
damage and
harm are newer. However, while these locutions are still current, a more common modern usage is to turn them into verbal phrases—that is,
wrong someone, harm someone, damage someone.do (one) wrong
slang To mistreat, deceive, or abandon one. I can't accept that you're the one who did me amiss and sabotaged my presentation! That traveling salesman abiding did me amiss by active off with my money.Learn more: wrongdo addition wrong
Also, do addition accident or abuse . Injure someone; be adulterine or disloyal; act unjustly or unfairly against someone. For example, John's done me wrong, and I intend to acquaint him so, or She did him absolute accident back she started that rumor: The aboriginal appellation dates from the backward 1300s; the substitutions of damage and harm are newer. However, while these locutions are still current, a added accepted avant-garde acceptance is to about-face them into exact phrases-that is, wrong someone, abuse someone, accident someone. Learn more: someone, wrong