telling-off

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telling-off

noun reprimand, talking-to, row, criticism, lecture, rocket (Brit. & N.Z. informal), wigging (Brit. slang), slating (informal), censure, rebuke, reproach, scolding, ticking-off (informal), dressing-down (informal), reproof, rap on the knuckles I got a severe telling-off for not phoning him.

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telling-off

[ˌtelɪŋˈɒf] N → bronca f, reprimenda f
to give sb a telling-off → echar una bronca or regañar a algn

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telling-off

n (Brit inf) → Standpauke f (inf); to give somebody a good telling-off → jdn kräftig ausschimpfen, jdm eine (kräftige) Standpauke halten (inf); to get a good telling-off → kräftig ausgeschimpft werden, eine Standpauke bekommen (inf)

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telling-off

[ˈtɛlɪŋˌɒf] n (fam) to give sb a telling-off → dare a qn una lavata di testa

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And I have to hand it to them with their latest trick, when a telling-off resulted in me getting a phone call from the police.

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But producers quickly spotted the offence and confiscated the contraband before giving the former child star a severe telling-off. Sid Owen described him as a dark horse.