Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.
give someone an earful — give (someone) an earful informal to tell someone how angry you are with them. You can just imagine the earful he gave her when they got home … New idioms dictionary
give someone hell — (informal) 1 when I found out I gave him hell: REPRIMAND SEVERELY, rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide, upbraid, reprove, scold, berate, remonstrate with, reprehend … Useful english dictionary
give somebody an earful — verb To shout very loudly at someone I shouldve never tried to grind the business computer system to halt. Firstly I got sacked, and then my boss gave me a right earful … Wiktionary
give an earful — give (someone) an earful informal to tell someone how angry you are with them. You can just imagine the earful he gave her when they got home … New idioms dictionary
earful — ear|ful [ˈıəful US ˈır ] n give sb an earful informal to tell someone how angry you are about something they have done ▪ He gave me a real earful about being late so often … Dictionary of contemporary English
earful — noun give sb an earful informal to tell someone how angry you are about something they have done: He gave me a real earful about being late so often … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pull someone up — REPRIMAND, rebuke, scold, chide, chastise, upbraid, berate, reprove, reproach, censure, take to task, admonish, lecture, read someone the Riot Act, haul over the coals; informal tell off, bawl out, dress down, give someone hell, give someone an… … Useful english dictionary
reprimand — 1. verb was it really necessary to reprimand him in public? Syn: rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide, upbraid, reprove, reproach, scold, berate, take to task, lambaste, give someone a piece of one s mind, rake/haul over the coals, lecture,… … Thesaurus of popular words
castigate — verb Leopold castigated his son for leaving the archbishop s service Syn: reprimand, rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide, censure, upbraid, reprove, reproach, scold, berate, take to task, lambaste, give someone a piece of one s mind; informal… … Thesaurus of popular words
chastise — verb the staff were chastised for arriving late Syn: scold, upbraid, berate, reprimand, reprove, rebuke, admonish, chide, censure, lambaste, castigate, lecture, give someone a piece of one s mind, give someone a tongue lashing, take to task,… … Thesaurus of popular words
