Exactly. It's just like telling him off.

正是，那就像是在责备他。

Care for a drink? -No! I like to keep a clear head when I'm telling people off.

要喝点吗？-不！我发火的时候要保持头脑清醒。

Couldn’t a stern telling off have done the trick?

严厉的斥责不能奏效吗？

Oh, I thought I was in for another telling off about the hospital.

还以为医院的事 你又有啥高见了。

While the thought of telling off people who have wronged you may seem tempting, it will only hurt you in the long run.

虽然谴责那些伤害过你的人感觉很诱人，但从长远来看，这只会害到你自己。

Of course, I'm telling you all this off the record." Cheng's associate added, " Representative Cheng is trying to save you.

当然，这些都是私下告诉你的。 ”程的手下补充道， “程代表是为了救你。

I have lots of students and viewers in my comment section telling me off, because they've been mistaught about this myth by their teachers.

我有很多学生和观众在评论区告诉我，因为他们的老师错误地教了他们这个荒诞的说法。

Percy was visible over the heads of some excited first years, and he seemed to be trying to get near enough to start telling them off.

珀西站在一些兴奋的新生身后，似乎正要挤过来数落他们。

Whenever Harry passed Quirrell these days he gave him an encouraging sort of smile, and Ron had started telling people off for laughing at Quirrell's stutter.

这些日子，哈利每次在路上碰到奇洛，都要给他一个含有鼓励意味的微笑；罗恩也开始劝说人们别再嘲笑奇洛的结巴。

It's not like we really mean it, we're just telling ourselves off, we're just attacking ourselves in our own mind and being disappointed with ourselves.

这并不是我们真正的意思， 我们只是在责备自己， 我们只是在内心攻击自己，对自己感到失望。

" Hermione, " said Ron in a low and indignant voice, " are you gonna stop telling Harry off and listen to Binns, or am I gonna have to take my own notes instead? "

“赫敏，”罗恩低声愤愤不平地说，“你别再责备哈利了，听听宾斯教授讲课吧，要不然非得让我自己记笔记吗？”

Nobody was foolish enough to snap back, so she was unable to vent her spleen on any of them and was reduced to telling off some first-years for giggling too loudly in the common room.

没人会傻到去反驳她，所以她没办法朝他们发脾气，只好去责备一些在公共休息室里笑得太响的一年级学生。

" I didn't want to disappoint you, old thing, by telling you right off. It's too bad. Good money wasted" . He sighed. " Still, there it is. The advertisement has appeared, and — there are only two answers" !

“我不想让你失望， 老东西，马上告诉你。太糟糕了。浪费了很多钱”。 他叹了口气。「还是那样，广告出现了， 而且——只有两个答案」！