tongue-lashing

He was given a severe tongue-lashing .

他受到了严厉的斥责。

How would his own three sons have reacted to such a tongue-lashing ?

对这样的斥责，他自己的三个儿子会如何作出反应？

Mary 's mother gave her a tongue-lashing for coming home late .

玛丽的妈妈因玛丽回家晚了而训斥了她一顿。

Harry 's mother gave him a tongue-lashing for telling family secrets .

哈里把家中的隐私告诉别人，被母亲狠狠责骂了一顿。

The tongue-lashing was in response to holiday website Real Holiday Reports which posed the question .

上面这些毒舌评论都是假日旅游网站“真实假日报告”在这次问卷中收到的回应。

One word out of turn , and the men would hit their children or beat their wives , or take it out on them by a violent tongue-lashing .

一句话不对路，有的便要打孩子，有的便要打老婆；即使打不起来，也骂个痛快。

She was waiting for me when I left the bathroom . I received the longest , sharpest tongue-lashing of my young life . Grandmother yelled that I was impolite and rude and that I had insulted that nice little girl .

当我从洗手间出来，祖母劈头盖脸地把我骂了一通，骂我没礼貌、少教养、冲撞了那可爱的小女孩。