piece of one's mind

Frank and severe criticism, censure, as in Chuck was furious and gave him a piece of his mind. The word piece here is used in the sense of "portion," but the portion of the mind alluded to always has a negative opinion. [Second half of 1500s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Samantha	sə-MAN-thə (English)	English, Italian, Dutch
Sissinnguaq	-	Native American, Greenlandic
Martine	mar-TEEN (French), mahr-TEE-nə (Dutch)	French, Dutch, Norwegian
Kata	KAH-tah (Finnish)	Hungarian, Finnish, Croatian
Sridevi	-	Indian, Telugu, Tamil
Nuka	-	Native American, Greenlandic