短语a slap on the wrist

短语a slap on the wrist的意思轻微的处罚；略予申斥

例句：

1. Now, Lisa has made a really serious blunder, but I'm sure he'll give her a slap on the wrist.
现在，丽萨出了一个真是非常严重的错误。 不过，我肯定他也只会轻描淡写地惩罚她一下。

2. Coen in 1621 massacred the inhabitants of one group of islands; he got a slap on the wrist.
1621年科恩屠杀了一处群岛的居民，却只受到轻微处罚。

其他例句：

But they did place restrictions on transfer spending and a reduction in the club’s squad size for the Champions League, but the punishment was like a slap on the wrist.
但是他们限制了俱乐部的转会花费，以及缩减了俱乐部的欧冠联赛的阵容，但这种惩罚的作用微乎其微。