nail to a cross



nail someone to a cross

 and nail someone('s hide) to the wall
Fig. to punish or scold someone severely. (Literally, to crucify someone or to nail someone's skin to the wall like that of a captured animal.) That guy was really mad. He really nailed you to a cross. She must hate your guts. She sure nailed your hide to the wall.
See also: cross, nail

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Iason-Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Bai-Chinese
AntÍAan-TEE-aGalician
IssacIE-zəkEnglish
Zinat-Arabic, Persian
Demetra-Italian, Romanian, Greek