give someone a piece of one's mind

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)To express one'sopinionstrongly; to voice one'sdisagreementordissatisfaction, especially with another person; toscoldorrebukesomeone.Synonym:tell offCoordinate term:speak one's mindThat is the fourth time this week my neighbor's barking dog has woken me up. I'm going to gogive her a piece of my mindabout it.1897, Richard Marsh,The Beetle:I was nothing but a mass of trembling. As for answering him back, orgiving him a piece of my mind, as I had meant to, I wouldn’t have done it not for a thousand pounds.

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