Fuente de la expresión
Cambridge Dictionary
Estructura completa
Somebody give somebody else a ticking off
Contexto
Soldier's wife gave him a 'ticking off' after he ran into enemy fire. A soldier from Shropshire who's received a bravery award for putting himself at risk running into enemy fire in Afghanistan, says his wife wasn't please when she found out he'd run directly into enemy fire.
Fuente del contexto
Newspaper
Tipo de fuente
newspaper
Autor
Unknown
Título de la fuente
ITV News
Año
2012
Web
https://www.itv.com/news/central/update/2012-09-28/soldiers-wife-gave-him-a-ticking-off-after-he-ran-into-enemy-fire/
Idioma
English
Nivel de uso
Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
Marca dialectal
General
Frecuencia
Raro