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
Stellan	-	Swedish
Elisavet	el-ee-SAH-vet	Greek
Vyacheslav	vya-chye-SLAHF (Russian), vya-chee-SLAHF (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
RÓNÁN	RON-awn	Irish
Madelon	-	Dutch
Nanaia	-	Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)