tongue-lashing

[give one a piece of one's mind] {v. phr.}, {informal} To scold angrily; say what you really think to (someone). * /Mr. Allen gave the other driver a piece of […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

tongue

[tongue] See: [AT THE TIP OF ONE'S TONGUE], [CAT GET ONE'S TONGUE], [HOLD ONE'S TONGUE], [KEEP A CIVIL TONGUE IN ONE'S HEAD], [SLIP OF THE TONGUE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

at the tip of one's tongue

[at the tip of one's tongue] or [on the tip of one's tongue] {adv. phr.} {informal} 1. Almost spoken; at the point of being said. * /It was at the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

cat got one's tongue

[cat got one's tongue] You are not able or willing to talk because of shyness. Usually used about children or as a question to children. * /Tommy's father asked Tommy […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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peel off

[peel off] {v.} To dive away from a group of airplanes in a flight formation; bring one plane down from a group. * /As the […]

обещать золотые горы

(на-, по-)обещать золотые горы {v. phr.} [naobe`zh'at' (poobe`zh'at') zolo`tyiye `goryi] ~promise the […]

Wentworth Dillon

(1633-1685), Irish poet, in Translation of Horace's Ars Poetica, 1.202 Old men are only walking hospitals.

fast and furious

[fast and furious] {adj.} or {adv. phr.} Very fast; with much speed and energy. * /He was mowing the grass at a fast and […]