call someone every name in the book

English

Verb

call someone every name in the book (third-person singular simple present calls someone every name in the book, present participle calling someone every name in the book, simple past and past participle called someone every name in the book)

1. (idiomatic, informal) To call someone many abusive names.

   Synonym: call someone everything but a child of God

Related terms

• call names
• every trick in the book
• name-calling

 

Translations

to call someone many abusive names

• French: traiter de tous les noms (fr)