英和和英

語源

telling (“過去分詞 of tell”) +‎ to

名詞

telling-to (複数形 tellings-to)

1. (informal) A reprimand, reproach, or lecture.

   2011 December 30, Brokaw, James III, Waiting for War‎^[1], 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^[2], 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.

同意語

• (reprimand): telling off