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
Bacchus	BAK-əs (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Ilia	eel-YAH (Russian)	Georgian, Russian, Bulgarian, Old Church Slavic
Marjana	-	Slovene, Croatian
Lawahiz	-	Arabic (Rare)
Able	['eibl]
Yianni	-	Greek