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
HamİT	-	Turkish
D'artagnan	-	Literature
Micky	MIK-ee	English
Valentine (1)	VAL-ən-tien	English
Marcus	['ma:kəs]
Jaak	-	Estonian, Flemish