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
PlÁCido	PLAH-thee-dho (Spanish), PLAH-see-dho (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
HipÓLito	ee-PO-lee-to (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Stina	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
FranÇOis	frawn-SWAW	French
Olujimi	-	Western African, Yoruba
Libi	LEE-bee	Hebrew