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hot under the collar

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hot under the collar

Fig. very angry. The boss was really hot under the collar when you told him you lost the contract. I get hot under the collar every time I think about it.

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hot under the collar

angry The criticisms seemed unfair to me and I got pretty hot under the collar when I thought about them later.

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hot under the collar

  (informal)

if someone is hot under the collar, they are angry He got very hot under the collar when I suggested that he might be mistaken. The issue of waste disposal is getting a lot of people hot under the collar. Don't get all hot under the collar -- I'm only suggesting some minor changes to our plans!

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hot under the collar

Angry, as in She is quick to get hot under the collar, but once the problem is ironed out she forgets it entirely . This expression alludes to the heat of anger. [c. 1900]

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hot under the collar

verb

See hot

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hot under the collar

Informal

Angry.

See also: collar, hot