1.an occasion when you tell someone that you are angry with them for something that they have done
1.These included dressing up nicely for a partner, keeping tabs of his movements and telling off other women who look at him.
这些手段包括为了伴侣好好打扮，留意他的行踪，和斥责那些对自己伴侣“心怀叵测”的女人。
2.If the comedian keeps telling off-color jokes, the audience is going to start throwing stuff at him.
如果那个丑星总讲一些出格的笑话，观众就会向他扔东西。
3.Your mum will give you such a telling-off for getting your clothes so dirty
衣服弄得这么脏，看你妈妈不说你。
4.I'll box your ears! Angry mother kangaroo pictured telling off her naughty joey
打你耳光！生气的袋鼠妈妈被拍到教训淘气幼崽