give somebody/get a roastingBritish EnglishBrE informalTELL somebody OFF if you give someone a roasting, you tell them angrily that you disapprove of their behaviour 怒斥某人/遭到痛斥
He got a roasting from angry fans.
他遭到愤怒歌迷的斥责。
Examples from the Corpus
give somebody/get a roasting• At which juncture, Shelford gave his troops a roasting.• ChancellorNorman Lamont will today begin hauling in bank bosses one by one to give them a roasting.