TELL OFF
NOUNS
► BOLLOCKING a severe telling-off, chastisement, a dressing-down → 1987 UK sl.
VERBS
► SET ONE’S MOUTH ON to tell someone off; to give one a tongue-lashing → 1970s African-American sl.
► SHOW WHERE THE BEAR SAT IN THE BUCKWHEAT to tell someone off; to put someone in his place → 1947 Amer. dial.
► SHOW WHERE THE BEAR SHIT IN THE BUCKWHEAT to tell someone off; to put someone in his place → 1966 Amer. dial.
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