give (one) beans

To scold or yell at one. I'm definitely going to give Pete beans for not finishing the report on time. Aw man, the boss is gonna give me beans now that he knows the printing error was my fault. Hey, I did nothing wrong here, so don't give me beans!

give someone beans

scold or deal severely with a person. informal

See also: bean, give, someone

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017

See also:

give (one) beans
give (one) a yell
give (one) the works
give (one) a knuckle sandwich
give (one) (one's) due
give (one) hell
all in, be
be all in
give (one) the boot
give (one) an A for effort

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