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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.
See also: give, good, talk

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LexiLEKS-eeEnglish
Hortense[hɔ:'tens]
LibiLEE-beeHebrew
JeaneJEENEnglish
Sanjay-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Nepali
Dora['dɔ:rə]
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