curtain lecture

A reprimand that a wife gives her husband. “Curtain” refers to the drapery on canopied beds; the image is that of a wife giving hubby a piece of her mind in the privacy of their bedroom.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jeanna	JEE-nə	English
Dubhthach	-	Ancient Irish
Rosalinda	ro-sah-LEEN-dah (Spanish), ro-zah-LEEN-dah (Italian)	Spanish, Italian
Georgios	-	Greek, Ancient Greek
HelĒNa	-	Latvian
Leonard	LEN-ərd (English), LAY-o-nahrt (Dutch)	English, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic