tongue-lashing

A harsh vocal reprimand. The boss gave his sales team a real tongue-lashing after seeing a drop in profits for the fourth straight month.

*tongue-lashing

Fig. a severe scolding. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I really got a tongue-lashing when I got home. Ted will have a tongue-lashing at home.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Vartan	-	Armenian
RikÁRd	-	Hungarian
Armour	['a:mə]
Yocheved	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Urias	-	Biblical Latin
Alessandro	ahl-e-SAHN-dro	Italian