"the rough side of one's tongue" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1797, Thomas Bridges, A Burlesque Translation of Homer, 4th edition, London: G.G. and J. Robinson, Book 6, p. 354",
          "text": "But let them, if they plague thee long,\nOnce feel the rough side of thy tongue:",
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          "text": "1876, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Charles of Orleans,” Chapter 4, in Familiar Studies of Men and Books, 1882,\n[…] Louis was then in no humour to hear Charles’s texts and Latin sentiments; he had his back to the wall, the future of France was at stake; and if all the old men in the world had crossed his path, they would have had the rough side of his tongue like Charles of Orleans."
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          "ref": "1924, George Bernard Shaw, Saint Joan, New York: Dodd, Mead, published 1946, Scene 6, p. 110",
          "text": "[…] let us not be moved by the rough side of a shepherd lass’s tongue.",
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          "ref": "1940, Nevil Shute, chapter 3, in An Old Captivity, New York: William Morrow",
          "text": "“[…] It’s going to add to my difficulties to take any girl on the trip. If you pile too much on me the flight may be a failure, and we’ll all be sorry then.”\n“She gave you a bit of the rough side of her tongue, I suppose?”",
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        "Angry words, harsh criticism."
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        {
          "word": "piece of one's mind"
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        {
          "word": "rebuke"
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        {
          "word": "reprimand"
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        {
          "word": "telling off"
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          "word": "tongue-lashing"
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