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
Berengar	-	Ancient Germanic
Hezekiah	hez-ə-KIE-ə (English)	Biblical
Haruka	hah-ṙoo-kah	Japanese
Daly	['deili]
William	WIL-ee-əm, WIL-yəm	English
Rayen	-	Native American, Mapuche, Spanish (Latin American)