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
Uilliam	-	Irish
Ealasaid	EL-ah-sahj	Scottish
Joakim	YO-ah-kim (Swedish), YO-ah-keem (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Serbian, Macedonian
Sigiward	-	Ancient Germanic
Grier	GREER	Scottish, English (Rare)
Jayanti	-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi