
tongue lashing
IDIOM
tongue-lashing /ˈtʌŋˌlæʃ.ɪŋ/
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English Dictionary tongue-lashing noun - an occasion when somebody speaks in an angry or critical way to somebody who has done something wrong
- ● The banks got a tongue-lashing at the committee hearing.
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Idiomstongue-lashing [informal]if you give someone a tongue-lashing, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wrong.
The manager gave his team a tongue-lashing after they'd lost the game. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
tongue lashing n. A sharp scolding or criticism.
Jim's mother gave him a tongue-lashing for telling family secrets. Synonym: PIECE OF ONE'S MIND.
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