to give a ticking-off
- Fuente de la expresión
- Thesaurus.com and The Free Dictionary
- Estructura completa
- to give sb a ticking-off
- Variantes
- to make angry; to scold severely
- Contexto
- There is no guarantee that a disruptive and aggressive child will give you an answer to a question like ‘Do you understand?’ After all, you are ticking them off. You will notice that examples in this chapter are long ones, rather than a couple of one-line ripostes. This is quite different from a brusque warning (‘Last warning, Liam!’). the intention is to give no idea of when you are going to stop. Other teachers may give a ticking off in tones of gravitas, raising guilt. Whenever you launch into a lengthy remonstration, all the culprit wants to know is when you are going to finish. This is a good feature of a ticking off. Sometimes the words matter less than the uncomfortable minute or two delivered with an appropriate tone of voice.
- Fuente del contexto
- Libro The Practical Guide to Primary Classroom Management
- Tipo de fuente
- book
- Autor
- Rob Barnes
- Título de la fuente
- The Practical Guide to Primary Classroom Management
- Año
- 2006
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
- Marca dialectal
- General
- Frecuencia
- Frecuente