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give an earful

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  • 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

  • give hell — informal 1) when I found out, I gave him hell Syn: reprimand severely, rebuke, admonish, chastise, castigate, chide, upbraid, reprove, scold, berate, remonstrate with, reprehend, take to task, lambaste; read the riot act, give a piece of one s… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • 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 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

  • earful — [“irful] 1. n. a tremendous amount of gossip. □ I got a big earful about Sally. □ can give you an earful about the mayor. 2. n. a scolding. □ Her mother gave her an earful when she finally got home. □ …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • hear — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To perceive by ear] Syn. listen to, hearken, hark, give attention, attend to, make out, auscultate, become aware of, catch, descry, apprehend, take in, eavesdrop, detect, perceive by the ear, overhear, take cognizance of,… …   English dictionary for students

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