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dressing-down
Language:
Meanings:
1.
United Kingdom
United States
Global (English)
informal
neutral
A severe reprimand or scolding given to someone for wrongdoing or poor performance.
2.
United Kingdom
United States
Global (English)
informal
neutral
transitive verb
To reprimand or scold someone severely; to give someone a dressing-down.
Examples:
EN:
Give him a good dressing-down. Tell him what's what.
ES:
Déjale las cosas claras.
EN:
- We'll help you to give her a dressing-down!
ES:
-¡Tráela y mátala! Diablos, chico, le azotaremos ese impúdico trasero.
EN:
- He gave me a dressing-down.
ES:
Me ha echado un sermón.
EN:
Wants to give me a dressing-down.
ES:
, querìa darme un rapapolvo.
EN:
But then he will give you a dress... a dressing-down.
ES:
pero entonces te darà un rapa... un rapapolvo.
EN:
And Mr Topaze badly needs a dressing-down.
ES:
Y el Sr. Topaze necesita una buena bronca.
EN:
I'd be in for a real dressing-down.
ES:
Un trabajador que lleva espada sólo puede traerme problemas.
EN:
Is this a dressing-down, Don Alfonso?
ES:
¿Es una advertencia, don Alfonso?
EN:
A mission that could put you in a situation that would be far more unnerving than a dressing-down by me.
ES:
Una misión que podría ponerla en una situación mucho más desconcertante que un reto mío.
EN:
Remember you're little press conference? And you gave that reporter a dressing-down for intimating that all Muslims are terrorists.
ES:
En la conferencia de prensa, acusó al periodista de pensar ... que todos los musulmanes son terroristas ...
EN:
Well, maybe they don't execute, but they give you a good dressing-down.
ES:
Bueno, quizá no los ejecutan, pero les dan una buena reprimenda.
EN:
If they learned up there that you gave me this gear, you'd get a proper dressing-down!
ES:
Si supieran que me proporcionas este equipo tendrías una buena reprimenda
EN:
Oh, the inspector was just giving us a bit of a dressing-down.
ES:
El inspector nos estaba dando una pequeña reprimenda.
EN:
He needed a little dressing-down.
ES:
Necesitaba un leve ajuste de comportamiento.
EN:
Because he was afraid you'd give him a dressing-down for acting improperly.
ES:
Porque temía que le echaras - una reprimenda por actuar indebidamente.
EN:
Give him a good dressing-down. Tell him what's what.
ES:
Déjale las cosas claras.
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