🗓️ Idiom: Give Someone a Piece of Your Mind (v)
💬 Meaning
- To speak angrily to someone because you are upset or annoyed.
- To strongly express your dissatisfaction or complaint about something.
🧠 Example Sentences
- When the delivery was late again, she gave the company a piece of her mind.
- He gave his manager a piece of his mind about the unrealistic workload.
- The customer gave the staff a piece of her mind after waiting for over an hour.
🏛️ Origin
This idiom dates back to the 1500s. The phrase “give a piece of your mind” means to share your thoughts honestly and sharply, as if giving away a part of your thinking. It is often used when someone expresses anger or frustration directly.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
When the meeting was cancelled for the third time, she decided to _______.
Answer
give them a piece of her mind
2. Multiple choice:
What does “give a piece of your mind” mean?
a) To calmly discuss an idea
b) To tell someone off because you are angry
c) To forget about a problem
Answer
b) To tell someone off because you are angry
3. Change the sentence using “give a piece of your mind”:
“He complained angrily to the team about their poor performance.”
Answer
He gave the team a piece of his mind about their poor performance.
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Rob is a CELTA qualified English teacher with 15 years of international experience. He has a BSc and PGDip from Loughborough and St Andrews universities in the UK. He has taught in Thailand and Saudi Arabia and now works with professionals worldwide.
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