informal

if you give someone a tongue-lashing, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wrong.

The manager gave his team a tongue-lashing after they'd lost the game.

• save someone's bacon
• save someone's blushes
• save someone's neck
• save someone's skin
• save something for a rainy day
• save the day
• have one eye on something
• have one foot in the grave
• have on hand
• have on hands
• have on the brain
• have on the run
• have on your hands
• have other fish to fry
• have over a barrel
• have pegged
• have pick of
• have pick of something
• have pins and needles
• have pity on
• have pity on someone
• have pride of place
• have rolling in the aisles
• have second thoughts
• have seen better days