词汇 | tear a strip off (someone) |
释义 | tear a strip off (someone)To scold, upbraid, or rebuke someone very severely, as for an error or wrongdoing. The teacher really tore a strip off me for causing a disruption in class again. tear a strip off someoneortear someone off a stripBRITISHIf you tear a strip off someone or tear them off a strip, you speak angrily to them, because they have done something wrong. He heard Nora tearing a strip off a member of staff for not returning the food bins to the kitchen soon enough. The headmaster tore me off a strip for being late. |
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