sail into someone

sail into (one)

To berate, upbraid, or chastise one; to verbally attack one. The boss really sailed into me about losing that account! The teacher, at her wits' end, sailed into the student when he made the rude noise.
See also: sail
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

sail into someone

and light into someone
in. to beat or scold someone. Jimmy’s mother really sailed into him for breaking the window. The boss lit into his secretary for losing the contract.
See also: sail, someone
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • give (one) (one's) head
  • sail from some place to some place else
  • drive (one) out of office
  • force (one) out of office
  • force out of office
  • cooking for one
  • damn (someone) with (something)
  • damn with
  • as one door closes, another (one) opens
  • as one door closes, another opens