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./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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