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- give (one) Hail Columbia
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.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| IgnÁC | | EEG-nahts (Hungarian) | Hungarian, Czech |
| Marinka | | - | Croatian, Slovene |
| Mikaela | | MEE-kah-e-lah (Finnish) | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish |
| Hourig | | - | Armenian |
| Antonia | | [æn'təuniə] | |
| Saleh | | - | Arabic |