There wasn't a single
moment of scolding or preaching or finger - wagging.
Not exact matches
Charming one
moment, throwing crockery the next, she is one
of the few who can keep her Winston under some control like a nanny
scolding an incorrigible schoolboy.
We've desperately needed a
moment to invoke Margaret Thatcher's
scolding of President George H. W. Bush on the eve
of the first Gulf War: «This is no time to go wobbly, George.»
And in any case, unless you catch her in the actual act
of squatting, she will not associate any
scolding or punishment with her accident — dogs are very literal, and rewards and corrections must happen at the precise
moment the behavior occurs in order to have any effect.