English Dictionary

read someone the riot act

動詞

慣用表現 イギリス英語 英連邦 古語 歴史的 前置詞句

(idiomatic) To scold or berate somebody; to reprimand.

日本語の意味

激しく叱責する / 猛烈に非難する / 説教する

After finding out the team had missed the deadline again, the project lead vowed to read someone the riot act at the next meeting.

チームがまた締め切りを守らなかったことを知った後、プロジェクトリーダーは次の会議で責任者を厳しく叱ると誓った。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To scold or berate somebody; to reprimand.

She really read him the riot act about his smoking habit.

意味（2）

(Britain, Commonwealth of Nations, archaic, historical) To give a formal warning for a riotous assembly to disperse, usually through reading a section of the Riot Act.

reads someone the riot act （ present singular third-person ）

reading someone the riot act （ participle present ）

read someone the riot act （ participle past ）

read someone the riot act （ past ）