also tongue lashing
(~s)
If someone gives you a ~, 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.
N-COUNT
also tongue lashing
(~s)
If someone gives you a ~, 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.
N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012