皮开肉绽

皮开肉绽 [pí kāi ròu zhàn]

1. ■ One's skin was split and one's flesh broke forth -- badly bruised from [by] flogging.; (beat sb. till) his flesh was torn to shreds; open wound; One's skin hung in tatters, the flesh was battered.; One's skin was flayed open and one's flesh was torn.; One's skin was split and one's flesh protruded.; serious bodily injuries inflicted presumably with a cat-of-nine-tails or a knout; skin and flesh torn; the skin split and the flesh protruded; the skin torn and flesh gaping; (flog sb.) until his skin burst open and his flesh hung in shreds; with skin cut open and flesh torn:

被打得皮开肉绽 be beaten to a mass of bruises; be bruised and lacerated