Tongue Lashing

Government spokesman Yukio Edano said, "We strongly urge TEPCO to provide information to the government more promptly," That may seem like a mild admonishment, but in Japan speak that kind of statement is a real tongue-lashing. ❋ David Wagner (2011)

But his incrementalist approach earned him an epic tongue-lashing from Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N. Y.): ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

And Bert gives Roger no solace when he complains about his tongue-lashing from Don. ❋ William Bradley (2010)

Topping off an awful day for the White House, House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Virg.) and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) put out a joint statement that included this tongue-lashing: Instead of negotiating directly with Israel to achieve a peaceful solution to the conflict, Palestinian leaders continue to seek to circumvent the negotiating process by advocating anti-Israel measures at the U.N. ❋ Jennifer Rubin (2011)

Later in the day, in a moment of high drama and remarkable clarity in the Senate, the top Republican, Sen. Jeff Sessions R-Ala., delivered this tongue-lashing to Lew: ❋ Jennifer Rubin (2011)

For Liverpool a night of vintage Anfield passion represented a chance to redeem themselves from Saturday's humiliation, after which they received a rare public tongue-lashing from their manager. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Biden condemned it and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave Netanyahu a long tongue-lashing. ❋ Ira Chernus (2010)

He said he was sorry if his tongue-lashing offended the handicapped reporter - a non-apology that suggests all the fault lies in the oversensitivity of the victim. ❋ Dan Collins (2011)

The quietly reasonable senator Menenius (Brian Cox) urges restraint, but his close friend the military leader Caius Martius (Ralph Fiennes) gives the crowd a tongue-lashing, and the police, their wall of shields resembling a Roman testudo, drive the mob away. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Few judges subject lawyers to more than a tongue-lashing, lawyers for borrowers say. ❋ Jessica Silver-Greenberg (2011)