talking-to
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[edit]Noun
[edit]talking-to (plural talkings-to)
- (colloquial) A scolding or reprimand; a lengthy rebuke.
- 1975, Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks, You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
- Yer gonna make me wonder what I’m doin’
- Stayin’ far behind without you
- Yer gonna make me wonder what I’m sayin’
- Yer gonna make me give myself a good talkin’ to
- 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 55:
- Then all three would go off in search of the first, give it a good talking to and maybe a bit of a sing as well.
- 1975, Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks, You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go