If you give someone a talking-to , you speak to them severely, usually about something unacceptable that they have done, in order to show them they were wrong. ( INFORMAL )
N-SING : a N
If you give someone a talking-to , you speak to them severely, usually about something unacceptable that they have done, in order to show them they were wrong. ( INFORMAL )
N-SING : a N
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006