lecture for



lecture someone for something

to give someone a talking-to about something. Please don't lecture me for being late. It won't help now, will it? There is no point in lecturing us for something we didn't do.
See also: lecture

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Fu-Chinese
RandallRAN-dəlEnglish
Patricia[pə'triʃə]
LuisaLWEE-sah (Spanish), LWEE-zah (Italian)Spanish, Italian
Elodia-Spanish
Thandiwe-Southern African, Xhosa