| Referees all too often find themselves at the end of a tongue-lashing from emotional players. |
| Oregonians who called, but weren't from Walden's district, apparently got a bit of a tongue-lashing. |
| It was a tongue-lashing, indeed, and one that left the conductor no chance to reply. |
| The more mature you are about taking the tongue-lashing and inevitable grounding, the more likely your folks will be to go easy on you. |
| He started to give him the tongue-lashing of his life, before having him arrested. |
| If the agreement is broken, the miscreant can expect a severe tongue-lashing from the other riders. |
