a flea in (one's) ear

A sharp, strident, or disconcerting reproof or rebuff. She gave me a flea in my ear over my spending habits. I'll be sure to put a flea in his ear the next time I see him!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Laura	LAWR-ə (English), LOW-rah (Spanish, Italian, Finnish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch), LAW-oo-raw (Hungarian)	English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Croa
Arlene	ahr-LEEN	English
Darian	DER-ee-ən, DAR-ee-ən	English
Aubery	['ɔ:bri]
Raul	ra-OOL (Portuguese), rah-OOL (Italian)	Portuguese, Italian
Anneke	AHN-nə-kə	Dutch