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
Peti	-	Hungarian
Frenske	FRENS-kə	Limburgish
DubhÁN	-	Irish
Macey	MAY-see	English (Modern)
Rosalba	-	Italian
Meryl	MERL, MER-əl	English