put (one) on the hot seat



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.
See also: hot, on, put, seat

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lia (2)LEE-ah (Italian)Italian, Dutch
Benoitben-WAHFrench
Radu-Romanian
Mate (1)-Georgian
Iosephus-Late Roman
Gregorios-Greek, Late Greek