curtain lecture

curtain lecture

n.

A private reprimand given to a husband by his wife.

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[So called because it was originally given in a curtained bed.]

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curtain lecture

n

a scolding or rebuke given in private, esp by a wife to her husband

[alluding to the curtained beds where such rebukes were once given]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

curtain lecture - a private lecture to a husband by his wife talking to, lecture, speech - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"