get a tongue-lashing
получить (устный) выговор
The students, who missed a lot of classes, got a tongue-lashing from the Dean.
Другие идиомы:
- get a head start
- get into hot water
- get going
- get through (a course or set of material)
- get off to a flying start
- get up the nerve to (do something)
- get the last laugh
- get the show on the road
- get hold of (something)
- get rid of (something)
- get one's knuckles rapped
- get the cold shoulder
- get the boot
- get along on a shoestring
- get around to (something)