tongue-lashing

A harsh vocal reprimand. The boss gave his sales team a real tongue-lashing after seeing a drop in profits for the fourth straight month.

*tongue-lashing

Fig. a severe scolding. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I really got a tongue-lashing when I got home. Ted will have a tongue-lashing at home.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kalevi	KAH-le-vee	Finnish
Aenor	-	Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Lyla	LIE-lə	English
Armstrong	['a:mstrɔŋ]
Tercero	ter-THE-ro (Spanish), ter-SE-ro (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Meriwether	MER-i-wedh-ər	English (Rare)