give (one) Hail Columbia



give (one) Hail Columbia

To scold someone harshly. "Hail Columbia" is a euphemism for "hell." My mom really gave me Hail Columbia when she saw my report card and found out that I was failing three classes.
See also: Columbia, give, hail

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hickey['hiki]
Ionas-Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
PÉTerPAY-terHungarian
Viveka-Swedish
LinusLIE-nəs (English), LEE-nuws (German, Swedish)Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized), German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
TerÉZiaTE-ray-zee-aw (Hungarian)Hungarian, Slovak