put (one) on the griddle

To criticize someone, usually severely. The boss put me on the griddle after he found out that I was responsible for the error in the report.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nokomis	-	New World Mythology
Petia	-	Russian, Bulgarian
Patricia	pə-TRISH-ə (English), pah-TREE-thyah (Spanish), pah-TREE-syah (Latin American Spanish), pah-TREE-tsee-ah (German)	English, Spanish, German, Late Roman
Nynke	NEEN-kə	Frisian
VÄInÄMÖInen	-	Finnish Mythology
Toufik	-	Arabic