Translations for „dressing-down“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

dress·ing-ˈdown N inf

dressing-down

graja f

to get a dressing-down

biti oštet

Usage examples with dressing-down

to get a dressing-down

biti oštet

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Offer resigned five days later after a public dressing-down.

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Many women have been subjected to a bra dressing-down -- that is, to be chastised by a sales person for the incorrect size or make of a brassiere.

www.thestar.com

I couldn't possibly go for lunch in the staffroom after such a dressing-down.

www.independent.co.uk

If his ears were burning from the brief dressing-down he got earlier, you'd never know it from his body language which exuded "just happy to be here".

edmontonjournal.com

However, seasonal dressing-down is wholly unwelcome for those who feel undressed in anything unstructured or uncovered.

www.independent.co.uk

Yet a simple question to a minister about his status led to a defensive dressing-down.

ottawacitizen.com

Forget dressing-up, dressing-down is what we want.

www.dailymail.co.uk

A 10-2 victory does not usually provoke a dressing-down from the president.

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Even the city's public art choices did not escape the savage dressing-down.

www.canberratimes.com.au

Yet this ultimate dressing-down of menswear's most dressed-up item is beginning to hit the mainstream.

www.macleans.ca