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
Adalbert	AH-dahl-bert (German)	Ancient Germanic, German, Polish
Mills	[milz]
Sextus	SEKS-tuws	Ancient Roman
Haines	['hainz]
Greetje	KHRAY:-tyə	Dutch
Annegret	AH-ne-gret	German