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
Arja	AHR-yah	Finnish
Sonnie	SUN-ee	English (Rare)
Nadeem	-	Arabic, Urdu
Obi	-	Western African, Igbo
Masha	-	Russian
Shelby	['ʃelbi]