English Dictionary

curtain lecture

名詞

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

日本語の意味

妻が寝室で夫に対して行う叱責、説教

After he forgot their anniversary, he endured a long curtain lecture before they fell asleep.

彼が記念日を忘れた後、二人が眠りにつく前に、彼は妻から寝床で受けた長い説教に耐えた。

意味（1）

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

I have pawn'd already her Tuftaffaty Peticote and all her Child-bed linnen, besides two tiffiny Aprons, and her bearing-cloth, for which I have had already two curtaine Lectures, and a black and blue eye.

curtain lectures （ plural ）