the third degree

成語所屬單字third

the third degree — 慣用語

1. a long and difficult series of questions, often from police or someone in author

1.慣用語
釋義

嚴厲盤問;疲勞訊問

a long and difficult series of questions, often from police or someone in authority, designed to get information

例句

My dad gave me the third degree when I came home two hours late.

The suspect received the third degree from the detectives for several hours.