piece of one's mind

Frank and severe criticism, censure, as in Chuck was furious and gave him a piece of his mind. The word piece here is used in the sense of "portion," but the portion of the mind alluded to always has a negative opinion. [Second half of 1500s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jovana	-	Serbian, Macedonian
Zohar	-	Hebrew
Aritra	-	Bengali
Haskel	-	Yiddish
Eustorgios	-	Ancient Greek
Khamisi	-	Eastern African, Swahili