telling off

I think you gave him a telling off.
- Tu lui avais fait des remarques.
No, it has deregulated and supported external investments by means of tax concessions, doing so well that we even have to give it a telling off for its success.
Non : elle a libéralisé et soutenu par des allégements fiscaux les investissements extérieurs, et a si bien réussi que nous devons même lui faire des reproches pour son succès.
It's me he's telling off, not you.
C'est de moi qu'il parle, pas de vous.
I'm not telling off the world.
Je n'engueule personne.
The woman, her arms akimbo, was telling off her daughter.
La femme, les bras sur les hanches, réprimandait sa fille.
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