give someone a good talking to

give someone a (good) talking to

tv. to scold someone; to lecture someone sternly. The teacher gave Jimmy a talking to.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Adrian	AY-dree-ən (English), AHD-ryahn (Polish), AH-dree-ahn (German), ah-dree-AHN (Russian)	English, Romanian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian
DÉBora	DE-bo-rah (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese, French
Azariah	az-ə-RIE-ə (English)	Biblical
Waltraud	-	German
Alcaeus	al-SEE-əs (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Tollak	-	Norwegian