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gen. slate; drag over the coals (кому-либо); haul over the coals (кому-либо); take over the coals (кому-либо); call over the coals; bawl out; give a dressing down; give a severe rating (Andrey Truhachev); give rollicking (Andrey Truhachev); give the hairdryer treatment (Andrey Truhachev); give a roasting (Andrey Truhachev); tell off (Andrey Truhachev); haul over the coals; rebuke
Игорь Миг read someone the riot act
Gruzovik, inf. give a dressing down; bawl out
idiom. come down on smb. like a cart-load of bricks (Bobrovska)
inf. dress down
Makarov. give fits; call someone over the coals for something (кому-либо); take someone over the coals for something (за что-либо; кому-либо); comb hair for him (кому-либо)
obs. bring smb. over the coals (выражение произошло от средневековой пытки, которой подвергали еретика Bobrovska); fetch smb. over the coals (Bobrovska)
задать кому-либо головомойку
gen. comb hair; give a rating; rate soundly; stroke hair
Makarov. comb hair for him; stroke hair for him
задать кому-л. головомойку
gen. bite off smb.'s head
задать головомойку: 5 phrases in 2 subjects
General3
Informal2