お小こ言ごと

noun

scolding; telling-off; rebuke

Polite noun for a scolding or lecture, often used when someone in authority reprimands another. The honorific お softens the word but does not change the meaning.

See also: 小言

• 遅ち刻こくしたら、部ぶ長ちょうからお小こ言ごとをもらった。

  When I was late, I got a scolding from the department head.

• 子こ供どもの頃ころ、よく母ははにお小こ言ごとを言いわれたものだ。

  When I was a child, my mother often gave me a telling-off.