| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 3,900,257,842 visitors served. |
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
scold |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Legal, Wikipedia | 0.01 sec. |
|
|
not let someone catch someone doing something and not want to catch someone doing something
an expression that scolds someone who has done something wrong. (The idea is that the person ought not to do the wrong thing again, not that the person simply avoid getting caught.) How many times have I told you not to play ball in the house? Don't let me catch you doing that again. If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times: Don't do that! I don't want to catch you doing it again! scold someone about something to rebuke or chastise someone about something. How many times have I scolded you about that? Please don't scold me about something I didn't do. scold someone for something to rebuke or chastise someone for doing something. The manager scolded the worker for misplacing the door key. The teacher scolded all the students for their bad behavior. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| References in periodicals archive | ? | Idioms browser | ? | Full browser | ? | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
It's just a pathetic mid-life crisis," scoff the scolders. Each cast member behaved like a familiar type--flirt, scolder, etc. No longer a scolder and an accuser of Angela's vociferous and scandalous conduct as he was at the time of her ecstasy in St. |
scolder |
Scogui SCOH SCOHOST SCOHP SCOHS SCOHSG SCOHTS SCOI SCOIC SCOICC scoinson arch scoinson arch SCOIS SCOJD scoke scoke scoke SCOL SCOLA SCOLAS Scolay scold scold scold scold about scold for Scold's bridle scolded scolded scolded scolder scoldersscolders scolding scolding scolding Scolding bridle scoldingly scoldingly scoldingly scolds scolds scolds SCOLE SCOLE scoleces scoleces scoleces Scolecida Scolecida Scoleciphobia Scoleciphobia Scoleciphobia Scoleciphobia Scolecite Scolecite scoleco- Scolecobasidium Scolecobasidium humicola, Scolecobasidium tshawytschae scolecodont scolecology | |||||
| Idioms and phrases |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup |
|---|