give someone the business

1. tv. to harass someone; to scold someone. The guys have been giving me the business about my haircut.

2. tv. to kill someone. (Underworld.) Lefty wanted to give Rocko the business for being so damn perfect.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lucjan	LUWTS-yahn	Polish
Beatriu	-	Catalan
Soraya	-	Persian, Spanish, French
Hotaru	ho-tah-ṙoo	Japanese
Lyubov	lyoo-BOF (Russian)	Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian
Zelpha	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek