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read the riot act

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read the riot act v expr	figurative, informal (reprimand [sb]) (coloquial)	cantar las cuarenta loc verb
	(AR, coloquial)	cagar a pedos loc verb
	Anyone who breaks the school rules can expect the head teacher to read the riot act.
	Cualquiera que rompa las reglas de la escuela sepa que el director le va a cantar las cuarenta.
	Cualquiera que rompa las reglas de la escuela sepa que el director lo va a cagar a pedos.
	Cualquiera que rompa las reglas de la escuela sepa que el director lo va a cagar a pedos.
read [sb] the riot act, read the riot act to [sb] v expr	figurative, informal (reprimand)	cantarle las cuarenta a alguien loc verb
	(AR, coloquial)	cagar a pedos a alguien loc verb
	My curfew is midnight, but I got home at three in the morning, and my mom read me the riot act.
	Tenía que llegar a medianoche, pero llegué a casa a las tres de la mañana y mi madre me cagó a pedos.

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