a tongue-lashing



a tongue-lashing

  (informal)
if you give someone a tongue-lashing, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wrong The manager gave his team a tongue-lashing after they'd lost the game.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Fen (2)-Frisian
Finnr-Ancient Scandinavian
BarbieBAHR-beeEnglish
Treasach-Irish
JesseJES-ee (English), YES-sə (Dutch)English, Dutch, Biblical
Goranka-Croatian, Serbian