collect skin

English

Etymology

Calque of Cantonese 收皮 (sau¹ pei⁴).

Verb

collect skin (third-person singular simple present collects skin, present participle collecting skin, simple past and past participle collected skin)

1. (Hong Kong, colloquial, vulgar) to shut up
2. (Hong Kong, colloquial, vulgar) to be done for
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see collect,‎ skin.