tongue-lashing



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:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Vartan-Armenian
RikÁRd-Hungarian
Armour['a:mə]
Yocheved-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Urias-Biblical Latin
Alessandroahl-e-SAHN-droItalian