give somebody/get a roastingBritish EnglishBrE informalTELL somebody OFF if you give someone a roasting, you tell them angrily that you disapprove of their behaviour 怒斥某人/遭到痛斥 He got a roasting from angry fans. 他遭到愤怒歌迷的斥责。
give somebody/get a roasting• At which juncture, Shelford gave his troops a roasting.• Chancellor Norman Lamont will today begin hauling in bank bosses one by one to give them a roasting.
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