give (someone) a piece of (one's) mind



give (someone) a piece of (one's) mind

To tell someone how one feels, often while expressing anger or frustration. I had to give Sarah a piece of my mind after she left my car a mess for the third time this week. Boy, the boss really gave me a piece of his mind after that awful meeting.
See also: give, mind, of, piece

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Chibuike-Western African, Igbo
KjerstinSHESH-tin (Swedish)Norwegian, Swedish
Neha-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu
FredrickFRED-rikEnglish
Fri&Eth;Rika-Icelandic
Pedja-Serbian