Gibson Keddie finds himself on the wrong end of a tongue lashing, but he knows nothing about how it happens.

吉布森·凯迪遭到了痛斥，可是他压根儿不知道这是怎么发生的。

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Kwasniewski, the assistant manager, saw him, stalked over, and gave him a five minute tongue-lashing.

克瓦希涅夫斯基(Kwasniewski)，那个助理经理，看到了他，大步走了过来，训斥了他五分钟。

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How would his own three sons have reacted to such a tongue-lashing?

对这样的斥责，他自己的三个儿子会如何作出反应？

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For a prime minister trying to rehabilitate his credibility with alienated voters, redemption is sought from a tongue lashing on TV.

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And Tony Blair would never have had that tongue-lashing you gave him!

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The old professional elites get a tongue-lashing.

ECONOMIST: They will follow him anywhere