tear someone off a strip

成語所屬單字stripped

tear someone off a strip — 慣用語

1. to speak angrily to someone who has done something wrong; to tell someone off se

1.慣用語
釋義

嚴厲責罵

to speak angrily to someone who has done something wrong; to tell someone off severely

例句

The manager tore him off a strip for arriving late to the meeting three days in a row.

My father tore a strip off me when he found out I had borrowed his car without asking.