by "John of Aix" <j.murphy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Dec 14, 2007 at 09:09 PM
Sean McIlroy wrote:
> hi all
>
> i heard this phrase for the first time on the news the other day, and
> like an idiot i looked it up in the dictionary instead of listening to
> the rest of the story. is it more-or-less equivalent to "reading
> someone the riot act"? thanks for any insight you can offer.
"A shot across the bows" might be a good equivalent. A warning or
wake-up call as others have suggested.
