be hard on

To treat someone strictly or with severe reproach. I know I didn't do well on the exam, but I didn't expect my dad to be so hard on me about it—he grounded me for a month!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Zelde	-	Yiddish
Martine	mar-TEEN (French), mahr-TEE-nə (Dutch)	French, Dutch, Norwegian
Brunihild	-	Ancient Germanic
EncarnaciÓN	en-kahr-nah-THYON (Spanish), en-kahr-nah-SYON (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Cecily	['sisili]
Gittel	-	Yiddish