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wigging
noun[ S ]
uk /ˈwɪɡ.ɪŋ/ us /ˈwɪɡ.ɪŋ/
UKold-fashionedinformal
an occasion when someone criticizes or speaks angrily to someone else about something that person has said or done: 斥责，严斥
He gave me a wigging and told me I was a bad journalist.他对我大发雷霆，说我是个糟糕的记者。
The country is expected to get a wigging from EU finance ministers for not doing enough to control its budget deficit.估计这个国家会受到欧盟财政部长的指责，因为他们在控制预算赤字方面做得不够。
Poor Tim. It's your fault he got such a wigging.
The finance minister was unamused to be given a schoolmasterish wigging by the head of the European Central Bank.
He was genuinely hurt by the wigging he received from several Tory commentators.
Unexpected pregnancy can and does happen to women and they don't need a wigging from doctors.
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keelhaul
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punchbag
punching bag
put someone in their placeidiom
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shame
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tear
ticking-off
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