telling-to

English

telling (“past participle of tell”) +‎ to

telling-to (plural tellings-to)

(informal) A reprimand, reproach, or lecture.
2011 December 30, Brokaw, James III, Waiting for War‎, Hedgie Press, →ISBN, page 97:
We all watched the reaction, as Sergeant Rich received a good telling to.
2016 July 8, Woods, Judith, “Red boxes are very much banned from the bedroom”, in The Daily Telegraph‎, London, retrieved 6 October 2019:
I suspect the Tories are desperate for a good telling to from someone like May who has authority and energy – and great optimism about the future, albeit expressed in more measured tones than her rather more hyperbolic rival.

单词	telling-to
释义	telling-to English Alternative forms telling to Etymology telling (“past participle of tell”) +‎ to Noun telling-to (plural tellings-to) (informal) A reprimand, reproach, or lecture. 2011 December 30, Brokaw, James III, Waiting for War‎, Hedgie Press, →ISBN, page 97: We all watched the reaction, as Sergeant Rich received a good telling to. 2016 July 8, Woods, Judith, “Red boxes are very much banned from the bedroom”, in The Daily Telegraph‎, London, retrieved 6 October 2019: I suspect the Tories are desperate for a good telling to from someone like May who has authority and energy – and great optimism about the future, albeit expressed in more measured tones than her rather more hyperbolic rival. Synonyms (reprimand): telling off Anagrams ill-gotten
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