ride on a rail

To be punished harshly, often publicly, and perhaps culminating in exile. The phrase originally referred to a punishment in which a wrongdoer was paraded around town on a rail and then exiled. Now that this scandal is public knowledge, I'm afraid that I'm going to ride on a rail before it's all over.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cain	KAYN (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin
ŽOfia	-	Slovak
Hahn	[ha:n]
Ahriman	AH-ri-mahn	Persian Mythology
WŁOdek	VWAW-dek	Polish
Mattithyahu	-	Biblical Hebrew