give someone a piece of one's mind
• rebuke someone.
• "some youths were making a noise and she went out to give them a piece of her mind"
Similar:
reprimand,
rebuke,
scold,
reprove,
reproach,
chastise,
castigate,
upbraid,
berate,
read someone the Riot Act,
haul over the coals,
tell off,
bawl out,
blow up,
give someone hell,
give someone a talking-to,
dress down,
give someone a telling-off,
give someone a dressing-down,
give someone an earful,
give someone a roasting,
give someone a rocket,
give someone a rollicking,
give someone a row,
tick off,
carpet,
monster,
give someone a mouthful,
chew out,
admonish,
chide,
censure,
lambast,
lecture,
criticize,
take to task,
read the Riot Act to,
pitch into,
lay into,
lace into,
blow up at,
have a go at,
tear someone off a strip,
give someone what for,
let someone have it,
ream out,
bollock,
tear someone a new arsehole,
rip someone a new arsehole,
chew someone's ass,
tear someone a new asshole,
rip someone a new asshole,
give someone a bollocking,
