segja til syndanna
Icelandic
Etymology
From segja (“to tell, to say”) and til (“to”) and syndanna (“to the sins”) genitive plural form of synd (“a sin”) with a definite article. Literally meaning "to tell to the sins".
Verb
segja til syndanna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sagði til syndanna, supine sagt til syndanna)
- (idiomatic, transitive, governs the dative) to lecture, to give a good talking to, to give somebody a thorough talking-to syn.
- Ég ætti að segja honum til syndanna!
- I should give him a thorough talking-to!
- Að segja einhverjum til syndanna.
- To give somebody a good talking-to.
- Amma sagði mér svo sannarlega til syndanna þegar ég braut vasann.
- Grandma sure gave me a stern talking-to when I broke the vase.
Synonyms
- (give a good talking to): def. láta einhvern fá það óþvegið, úthúða, hundskamma, lesa einhverjum pistilinn
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