take a telling-off

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take a telling-off

To be scolded, rebuked, or reprimanded, as for a wrongdoing. I took a telling-off from my teacher in front of the whole class for sticking my tongue out at him. My brother just can't take a telling-off. If our parents even raise their voices to him, he starts getting teary-eyed!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sariah	-	Mormon
Valentin	VAH-len-teen (German), vah-lyen-TEEN (Russian), vah-leen-TEEN (Russian)	French, Romanian, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian,
Preecha	-	Thai
Sharyn	SHER-ən, SHAR-ən	English
Lorens	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Amyntas	-	Ancient Greek