give someone an earful

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Verb

give someone an earful (third-person singular simple present gives someone an earful, present participle giving someone an earful, simple past gave someone an earful, past participle given someone an earful)

1. (informal, idiomatic) To scold someone loudly.

   I should never have tried to grind the computer system to a halt. Firstly I got sacked, and then my boss gave me a right earful.

Translations

to scold someone loudly

• Maori: kaikai i ana/ōna taringa