tut-tut

[tut-tut] {interj.}, {informal} Used to express mild disapproval.

* /"Tut-tut," said the teacher. "You shouldn't cross the street without looking."/

* /Tut-tut, put that piece of candy back. You've already had three pieces./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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