tongue-lashing

A harsh vocal reprimand. The boss gave his sales team a real tongue-lashing after seeing a drop in profits for the fourth straight month.

*tongue-lashing

Fig. a severe scolding. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I really got a tongue-lashing when I got home. Ted will have a tongue-lashing at home.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rutledge	['rʌtlidʒ]
Ezekias	-	Biblical Greek
Durai	-	Tamil
Noa (1)	-	Hebrew, Biblical
Winfri&Eth;	-	Anglo-Saxon
Mesut	-	Turkish