telling-off
noun[Cusually singular]
mainlyUKinformaluk/ˌtel.ɪŋˈɒf/us/ˌtel.ɪŋˈɑːf/pluraltellings-offtheactofspeakingangrilyto someone because they have done somethingwrong:
责骂，训斥Hegaveme agoodtelling-offforforgettingthemeeting.因为我开会迟到，他把我狠狠说了一顿。
Chastising & rebuking
- admonitory
- barracking
- bawl
- bawlsomeoneout
- be a reproach tosomeone/somethingidiom
- carpet
- chasten
- keelhaul
- lecture
- pull
- pullsomeoneup
- punchbag
- punching bag
- putsomeoneintheirplaceidiom
- reproach
- reproachful
- shame
- tear
- there'll be hell to payidiom
- upbraid