Significato: addressing

n. l'indirizzarsi; (inform.) sistema di rivolgersi alle risorse in retead·dress || ə'dresn. indirizzo; discorso; arringa; (inform.), indirizzo, luogo nel computer definito da numero o codicev. indirizzare, scrivere l'indirizzo su; parlare a, rivolgere la parola a, fare un discorso a; arringare; (Sport) prendere di mira, mirare a; (Comm) consegnare, affidare; (rifl) rivolgersi

dressing Idioma

a dressing down

a scolding, a lecture, a piece of my mind Mother gave me a dressing down when I said bad words.

give sb a good dressing-down

Idiom(s): give sb a (good) dressing-down

Theme: SCOLDING

a scolding.
• After that dressing-down I won't be late again.
• The boss gave Fred a real dressing-down for breaking the machine.

Window dressing

If something is done to pretend to be dealing with an issue or problem, rather than actually dealing with it, it is window dressing.

give someone a dressing down

tell someone off / reprimand someone: "He gave the whole department a dressing down after they failed to meet their agreed targets."

dressing down|call|calling|calling down|dress|dres

n. phr., informal A scolding; reprimand. The judge gave the boy a calling down for speeding.

window dressing|dress|dress a window|dressing|wind

n. phr. An elaborate exterior, sometimes designed to conceal one's real motives. All those fancy invitations turned out to be nothing but window dressing. All he really wanted was to be introduced to my influential father-in-law.