no dessert
No treat tonight
No dessert is the punishment or consequence announced to children who misbehave or refuse to eat their dinner: If you don't finish your vegetables, there's no dessert.
The phrase captures a classic parental threat, withholding something sweet until obligations are met.
- skippedWent past without stopping
- deniedRefused or disavowed
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- groundedStable and realistic
- time outTemporary stop in action
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- disciplinemisconduct, violation, time-out, timeout, grounded
- momismsI told you so, no means no, back in my day, clean your room, do your homework
- LentAsh Wednesday, fasting, abstinence, almsgiving, forty days