| Yesterday, I asked my man-servant to bring forth the telephone-device, so that I could give my idiot spendthrift son a stern dressing-down. |
| Angela delivers a dressing-down that is fierce but remarkably subtle. |
| I was forced to endure this schoolmaster's dressing-down despite being innocent of any of the alleged conduct. |
| He is the minister who was subjected to a public dressing-down not long ago regarding the conduct of economic policy. |
| Did I deserve this dressing-down, or is someone indulging in an egotistical rant? |
| But it didn't matter, he was still rude, and still going to get a dressing-down. |
