My boss chewed me off for arriving late again.
chew off
idiomTo reprimand, to scold
The coach chewed the players off after they lost the game because they did not follow the plan.
Following the discovery of the accounting error, the director chewed the entire department off for their lack of attention to detail.
- 01
bite off more than one can chew
To try to do too much; to take on or attempt more than one is capable of doing.
- 02
chew on
To consider, to ponder.
- 03
chew the cud
To meditate or ponder before answering; to be deep in thought; to ruminate.
- 04
chew the meat and spit out the bones
To take in a great deal of information and selectively disregard some of it as invalid or inapplicable.
- 05
chew the scenery
To display excessive emotion or to act in an exaggerated manner while performing; to be melodramatic; to be flamboyant.
- 06
chew up
To ruin (especially land), by digging.
- 07
walk and chew gum at the same time
To do two normally trivial tasks at the same time; to exhibit basic competence or task-management skills.