a trage cuiva o bătaie bună / zdravănă

to beat smb. black and blue / to a jelly /

amer. to a pulp

to beat / to lick (the living) tar / hell out of smb.

to knock smb. into the middle of next week

to lay (it) on smb.

to lay into smb.

sl. şcol. to administer toco (to a boy).