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
ErkİN	-	Turkish
Iverson	['aivəsn]
Julius	YOO:-li-uws (Ancient Roman), JOO-lee-əs (English), YOO-lee-uws (German)	Ancient Roman, English, German
Ainhoa	-	Basque
Nedelka	-	Macedonian
Severin	ZE-ve-reen (German)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish