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haul/drag someone over the coals
idiom
to speak angrily to someone because they have done something you disapprove of: 责备，申斥，责骂
He was hauled over the coals for coming in late for work.他因为上班迟到而受到训斥。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Chastising & rebuking
admonishing
admonishingly
admonitory
barracking
bawl
carpet
earbashing
keelhaul
lambaste
lecture
punchbag
punching bag
put someone in their placeidiom
rap someone over the knucklesidiom
read (someone) the riot actidiom
reproachful
shame
spoken
tear
wigging
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