jump down someone's throat

Strongly criticize, reprimand or disagree with someone. For example, Just because I admitted to being there, you needn't jump down my throat. [Late 1800s] Also see jump all over someone.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Vladimir	vlah-DEE-meer (Russian), VLAH-dee-meer (Croatian)	Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic
Jeffrey	JEF-ree	English
Gitte	GEED-de	Danish
Friderik	-	Slovene
Karen (1)	KAH-ren (Danish), KER-ən (English), KAR-ən (English)	Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, English
Temir	-	Kazakh