Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Scolding

He scolds most that can hurt the least.Danish.

She will scold the devil out of a haunted house.

Since you have been scolding me, I have counted a hundred and twenty holes in that nutmeg-grater.Spanish.

Who more ready to call her neighbor “scold,” than the arrantest scold in the parish?