haul (someone) over the coals

To scold, reprimand, or reprove someone severely for an error or mistake. I was hauled over the coals by my boss last week for messing up the accounting software. I know Mary messed up, but don't haul her over the coals too hard for it.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Karol	KAH-rawl (Polish)	Polish, Slovak, Slovene
Beth	[beθ]
Cearra	-	English (Rare)
Haydar	-	Turkish
Anton	AHN-tawn (German), ahn-TON (Russian, Ukrainian), AHN-ton (Finnish)	German, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Macedo
Sharru-Kinu	-	Ancient Near Eastern