read someone the riot act

【字面理解】给(某人)宣读《取缔闹事法》

【英文解析】to speak angrily to someone about something they have done and warn them that they will be punished if they do it again

【中文解析】严厉警告某人收敛行为;下不为例

① When he came home drunk again, she read him the riot act.他又一次醉醮餘地回到家里，她立即警告 他下不为例。

② He’d put up with a lot of bad behaviors from bis son and thought it was time to read him the riot act.他受够了儿 子的种种恶习，认为有必要狠狠警告他一通。

【注释】该习语源于英国议会1715年颁布的《取缔闹事 法KTheRiotAct、。该法规定，凡12人以上举行集会， 若被政府认作有妨碍治安的行为，那么在官员宣读该 法律后，必须一小时内自行解散，否则将面临严厉处 罚。做习语使用时riot act不用大写。