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
ChazCHAZEnglish
Meliton-Ancient Greek, Georgian
Devorah-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
VilhelmiinaVEEL-hel-mee:-nahFinnish
SaŠA-Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Gavinogah-VEE-noItalian