- 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. 2014.
give someone an earful
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give someone an earful — 1. tv. to scold someone. □ I’m going to give Ralph an earful for doing that. □ Sally gave Sam an earful for the way he treated Mary. 2. tv. to tell someone surprising secrets. □ Sally gave Wally an earful about Pete and the things he said about… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
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
