curtain lecture

curtain lectures

A wife's reprimands to her husband, conducted in private. Honey, you know I hate to give you curtain lectures, but can you please call when you're going to be late, so that our dinner isn't cold?

curtain lecture

A reprimand that a wife gives her husband. “Curtain” refers to the drapery on canopied beds; the image is that of a wife giving hubby a piece of her mind in the privacy of their bedroom.

词组	curtain lecture
释义	curtain lecture curtain lectures A wife's reprimands to her husband, conducted in private. Honey, you know I hate to give you curtain lectures, but can you please call when you're going to be late, so that our dinner isn't cold? See also: curtain, lecture Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. curtain lecture A reprimand that a wife gives her husband. “Curtain” refers to the drapery on canopied beds; the image is that of a wife giving hubby a piece of her mind in the privacy of their bedroom. See also: curtain, lecture Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: curtain lectures lecture draw the curtain the curtain falls the curtain falls on (something) the curtain comes down on (something) the curtain comes down on something the final curtain curtain off back in (one's) box
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