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
Lakshman	-	Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi
Leofric	-	Anglo-Saxon
Makari	-	Russian (Archaic)
Miguelito	-	Spanish, Portuguese
GusztÁV	-	Hungarian
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