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
Archana	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil
Usha	-	Hinduism, Indian, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Kenji	ken-jee	Japanese
Spiridon	-	Greek, Serbian, Croatian
Giorgos	-	Greek
ChÍ	-	Vietnamese