tears someone a new asshole
Delivers scathing rebuke
To tear someone a new asshole is to criticize or berate them with exceptional severity—a verbal assault so fierce it figuratively rips open a new orifice.
The expression is vulgar but vivid: The coach tore him a new asshole after that fumble.
Sometimes shortened to tear someone a new one.
- berateCriticize severely and lengthily
- scoldRebuke harshly
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- chastiseReprimand severely for wrongdoing
- workplace conflictDiscord among employees
excoriate · lambaste · shame · upbraid · embarrassment · rebuke · reprimand · admonish · distress · anger · confrontations · resentment · defensiveness · insecurity · tongue-lashing · discomfort · disciplinary actions · political discourse
intensity of criticism
tears someone a new assholesoft-pedals
Deliberately minimizes significance
sugarcoats · handles with kid gloves · looks the other way · bites one's tongue · glosses over