be at the receiving end

be at/on the receiving end

if you are on the receiving end of something unpleasant that someone does, you suffer because of it (usually + of ) Sales assistants are often at the receiving end of verbal abuse from customers.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Taide	-	Italian (Rare)
Wisdom	WIZ-dəm	English (Rare)
Mihalis	-	Greek
Viatrix	-	Late Roman
KincsŐ	-	Hungarian
Theocritus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)