curtain lecture

短语

妻子私下对丈夫的训斥

词形变化

curtain lectures 复数 curtain lectures

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A scolding given by a wife to her husband in bed.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

speech lecture talking-to

词源

An allusion to the curtains that hung around old-fashioned beds.

来源：wiktionary