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curtain lecture

 
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–noun
Older Use. a scolding administered in private by a wife to her husband.
Origin:
1625–35
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curtain lecture  
n.  A private reprimand given to a husband by his wife.

[So called because it was originally given in a curtained bed.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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