ДАВАТЬ/ДАТЬ ПО МОЗГАМ кому highly collVPsubj: human to scold, curse s.o. rudely
X дал Y-y no мозгам - X lashed out at Y
X gave it to Y goodX settled Y's hashX chewed (bawled) Y out.
Оказывается, полчаса назад окончился худсовет и старик всем дал по мозгам - директору, заму, второму режиссёру! (Трифонов 1). It seemed that a meeting of the theater council had adjourned just half an hour ago and the old man lashed out at all of them—at the executive director and his assistant, and at the assistant artistic director! (1a).