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
Rike	REE-kə	German
Amaka	-	Western African, Igbo
Blaguna	-	Macedonian, Bulgarian
Marilyn	MER-ə-lin, MER-lin, MAR-ə-lin, MAR-lin	English
Abel	['eibəl]
Klotild	-	Hungarian