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62 entries under idiom topic. ×
| read a lesson(expression, disapprobation) | |
| read the riot act(verb, expression, attack, criticize) | |
| rebuke formally | |
| slap on the wrist(expression, criticize, condemn, blame) | |
| slap on wrist(expression, censure, caution, rebuke) | |
| stick it to(expression, criticize, blast, flay) | |
| take down a peg(expression, criticize, condemn, blame) | |
| tell a thing or two(expression, censure, caution, rebuke) | |
| bear a grudge | |
| blow the whistle on(expression, criticize, blast, flay) | |
| bring to account(expression, disapprobation) | |
| call to order(expression, disapprobation) | |
| get angry with(expression, criticize, blast, flay) | |
| give a talking to(expression, abuse, scorn, insult) | |
| give hell to(verb, attack, reprimand) | |
| give it to(verb, attack, reprimand) | |
| take it out on(verb, expression, bother, annoy) | |
| take somebody to task(expression, reprimand, reproach, scold) | |
| tear a strip off(expression, reprimand, reproach, scold) | |
| tear off a strip(expression, reprimand, punish, scold) |
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