I remember being late for school and the teacher giving me such a telling-off.我记得上学迟到了，被老师训斥了一顿。After a stern telling-off from the teacher, Billy left the room.被老师狠狠地训斥了一顿后，比利离开了房间。He called me over and gave me a telling-off.他把我叫去训了一通。I've already had one telling-off from Dad this week.这星期我已经被爸爸训斥过一次了。