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sharp end of one's tongue en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A scolding delivered by one.
    • Gave them both the sharp end of my tongue, in a way they won't forget in a hurry. 1977, Bruce Montgomery, Edmund Crispin, The Glimpses of the Moon, page 259:
    • I crawled, wriggled, rolled and ran back into Düdenbüttel, where Borman got the sharp end of my tongue for not protecting me. 2000, Roy Redgrave, Balkan Blue: Family and Military Memories, page 89:

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