cut someone's comb

English

Etymology

From the practice of cutting the combs of capons.

Verb

cut someone's comb (third-person singular simple present cuts someone's comb, present participle cutting someone's comb, simple past and past participle cut someone's comb)

To humiliate someone who is conceited.
Synonyms: cut down to size, take down a notch
- 1877, Timothy Shay Arthur, The Bar-rooms at Brantly; Or, The Great Hotel Speculation (page 423)
  Ha! ha! I can't help thinking of his swaggering self-importance the first time he came here; and how I cut his comb.

References

1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

单词	cut someone's comb
释义	cut someone's comb English Etymology From the practice of cutting the combs of capons. Verb cut someone's comb (third-person singular simple present cuts someone's comb, present participle cutting someone's comb, simple past and past participle cut someone's comb) To humiliate someone who is conceited. Synonyms: cut down to size, take down a notch 1877, Timothy Shay Arthur, The Bar-rooms at Brantly; Or, The Great Hotel Speculation (page 423) Ha! ha! I can't help thinking of his swaggering self-importance the first time he came here; and how I cut his comb. References 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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