to tell sb off
- Fuente de la expresión
- The Free Dictionary, MacMillan Dictionary
- Estructura completa
- To tell sb off
- Variantes
- Attack, assault, set on
- Contexto
- In the lane Sam Fuller rolled marbles through the dust and beamed at her from a grimy face. ‘Can I come to the beach with you?’
‘Miss James Will tell you off if you miss school again.’ Like most of the local children, Sam attended the village school. Felix’s father hadn’t wanted her to be a pupil her.
- Fuente del contexto
- Libro Playing with the Moon
- Tipo de fuente
- book
- Autor
- Eliza Graham
- Título de la fuente
- Playing with the Moon
- Año
- 2007
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
- Marca dialectal
- General
- Frecuencia
- Frecuente