catch heat

English

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Verb

catch heat (third-person singular simple present catches heat, present participle catching heat, simple past and past participle caught heat)

1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To get into trouble with somebody; to be scolded or chastised.

   Synonym: catch hell

   • 1989, Edwin C. Sims, Capitalism, in Spite of it All, page 296:

     Another area in which corporations have been catching heat is in the area of environmental pollution, and justifiably so.

Translations

to be scolded or chastised

• Finnish: joutua läksytetyksi, kuulla huutia
• French: (colloquial, France) se faire appeler Arthur (fr), (colloquial) se faire sonner les cloches (fr), (informal) se faire tirer les oreilles (fr), (France, informal) se faire remonter les bretelles (fr), (colloquial) se faire enguirlander
• Russian: получи́ть по пе́рвое число́ pf (polučítʹ po pérvoje čisló), получи́ть нагоня́й pf (polučítʹ nagonjáj), получи́ть взбу́чку pf (polučítʹ vzbúčku), попа́сть под разда́чу (ru) pf (popástʹ pod razdáču)