tongue-lashing

1. N-COUNT If someone gives you a tongue-lashing, they shout at you or criticize you in a very forceful way. 斥責; 呵斥[非正式]

After a cruel tongue lashing, he threw the girl out of the group. 一陣嚴厲的斥責后，他把這個女孩從小組中趕了出去。