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Cantar a alguien las 40


ROBINDESBOIS September 16, 2009 05:07 AM
Cantar a alguien las 40
 
Hola alguien sabría como decir " cantar a alguien las 40" es reprindar a alguien, to tell sb off.

pjt33 September 16, 2009 05:28 AM
¿Etimología? ¿Connotaciones?

ROBINDESBOIS September 16, 2009 06:15 AM
Can we say to give sb a piece of mind ????

poli September 16, 2009 06:20 AM
To give someone a piece of you mild es dar reprimenda.
tambien se puede decir rebuke o admonition o
to tell off y
to scold
Pero cantar a alguien las 40 parece que singnifica otra cosa. Me parece que significa to read someone the riot act.

ROBINDESBOIS September 16, 2009 09:21 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by poli (Post 51937)
To give someone a piece of you mild es dar reprimenda.
tambien se puede decir rebuke o admonition o
to tell off y
to scold
Pero cantar a alguien las 40 parece que singnifica otra cosa. Me parece que significa to read someone the riot act.
ANd what is the meaning of " to read sb the riot act "

Rusty September 16, 2009 09:41 AM
Mira aquí.

pjt33 September 16, 2009 09:59 AM
I also wondered about reading the riot act, but I wanted some clarification first.

Historically the Riot Act was a law which laid out a form of words to be used by Sheriffs in telling a crowd to disperse. To "read the Riot Act" was to announce "Go home within 60 minutes or you will be executed." Nowadays it is to tell someone off; to me it carries connotations of angrily telling someone off.

poli September 16, 2009 10:24 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by pjt33 (Post 51960)
I also wondered about reading the riot act, but I wanted some clarification first.

Historically the Riot Act was a law which laid out a form of words to be used by Sheriffs in telling a crowd to disperse. To "read the Riot Act" was to announce "Go home within 60 minutes or you will be executed." Nowadays it is to tell someone off; to me it carries connotations of angrily telling someone off.
It means to loudly tell someone off and to expect and demand a change in behavior and to impy that if the demanded changes don't happen, dire
consequences will result.
example: after not calling in sick for three consequetive days, his boss read him the riot act. Now he knows that if he does this again he will be out of work.

ROBINDESBOIS September 17, 2009 02:39 AM
It´s perfect them. Cantar las 40 involves all that.

María José September 17, 2009 04:51 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS (Post 51936)
Can we say to give sb a piece of mind ????
To give somebody a piece of your mind.


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