tear off a strip

tear somebody off a strip

(British informal) also tear a strip off somebody (British & Australian informal)

to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong He tore her off a strip for being late.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bevin	-	Irish
Nickolas	NIK-ə-ləs	English
Dutch	DUCH	English
Finn (2)	FIN (Danish)	Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Funs	FUNS	Dutch, Limburgish
Arsenio	ahr-SE-nyo (Spanish, Italian)	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian