Meanings of critical drubbing in English

Despite its critical drubbing, Victoria Beckham's NBC special pulled in OK numbers Monday night.

It seems that the initial expectations for the play were low, and hopes for a critical drubbing rode high.

Following the critical drubbing handed out to The Fountain, director Darren Aronofskyalso needed some love and now he has it in abundance.

In an interview with the Daily Mail, Jeremy Irons-whoplayed Alfred in Zack Snyder's superhero slugfest-saidthat the movie's critical drubbing was deserved.

As he himself said recently, recalling the critical drubbing his 2003 novel Yellow Dog received: You could say absolutely anything you liked about this book.