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
Gintaras	-	Lithuanian
RÓBert	-	Hungarian, Icelandic
BoŽIdarka	-	Serbian
ÉRico	-	Portuguese
Eligia	e-LEEG-yah (Polish)	Polish, Late Roman
Nayara	-	Spanish