put (one) on the hot seat

To criticize someone, usually severely. The boss put me on the hot seat after he found out that I was responsible for the error in the report.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gertie	['gɜ:ti]
Elisheba	i-LISH-ə-bə (English), ee-LISH-ə-bə (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Josie	['dʒəuzi]
Otakar	-	Czech
Craig	[kreig]
Vlatka	-	Croatian