ticking-off
noun[S]
UKinformaluk/ˌtɪk.ɪŋˈɒf/us/ˌtɪk.ɪŋˈɑːf/severecriticismbecause you have done somethingwrong:
责备,责骂Igaveher arealticking-offyesterday.我昨天狠狠地骂了她一通。
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