to lecture, scold, or otherwise talk to a
person or group that either no longer exists, or no longer needs the advice. comes from the idea of yelling at snails for moving too slowly, but the snails are dead and there's
just empty shells
left.
1. i know i'
m berating snailshells here, but
shakespeare should really write his plays to be less damn
boring.
2. dude, nobody cares about easy-bake ovens anymore, stop berating snailshells.