- tongue-lashing
- `tongue-,lashing noun count INFORMALan occasion when you speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
tongue lashing — tongue lashings N COUNT If someone gives you a tongue lashing, they shout at you or criticize you in a very forceful way. [INFORMAL] After a cruel tongue lashing, he threw the girl out of the group … English dictionary
tongue-lashing — If you give someone a tongue lashing, you scold them … The small dictionary of idiomes
tongue-lashing — index denunciation, diatribe, malediction, obloquy, phillipic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
tongue-lashing — ► NOUN ▪ a loud or severe scolding … English terms dictionary
tongue-lashing — {n.} A sharp scolding or criticism. * /Jim s mother gave him a tongue lashing for telling family secrets./ Syn.: PIECE OF ONE S MIND … Dictionary of American idioms
tongue-lashing — {n.} A sharp scolding or criticism. * /Jim s mother gave him a tongue lashing for telling family secrets./ Syn.: PIECE OF ONE S MIND … Dictionary of American idioms
tongue-lashing — n. 1) to give smb. a (good) tongue lashing 2) to get, receive a tongue lashing * * * receive a tongue lashing to get to give smb. a (good) tongue lashing … Combinatory dictionary
tongue-lashing — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms tongue lashing : singular tongue lashing plural tongue lashings informal an occasion when you speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong … English dictionary
tongue-lashing — When you scold someone severely, you give them a tongue lashing. The teacher gave Jeremy a tongue lashing when arrived late for school … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
tongue lashing — noun A verbal rebuke, often severe. The coach was so upset with his team after they lost that he gave them an hour long tongue lashing. Syn: castigation, scolding … Wiktionary