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
MiŁOsŁAw	mee-WAW-swahf	Polish (Rare)
YusİF	-	Azerbaijani
Tarek	-	Arabic
Ghislaine	zheez-LEN, gee-LEN	French
Moira	MOI-ra	Irish, Scottish, English
Joon-Ho	joon-ho	Korean