hot under the collar

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hot under the collar 的定义

  1. 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]

hot under the collar 近义词

adj. 形容词 adjective

very angry

更多hot under the collar例句

  1. “The institution of marraige [sic] is under attack in our society and it needs to be strengthened,” Bush wrote.
  2. France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
  3. Gay marriage was the hot-button fight on the left and right.
  4. It is grandstanding for a right rarely protected unless under immediate attack.
  5. Everybody is trapped in an elevator together and tempers run a little hot.
  6. Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.
  7. The Pontellier and Ratignolle compartments adjoined one another under the same roof.
  8. In the drawing-room things went on much as they always do in country drawing-rooms in the hot weather.
  9. The Majesty on high has a colony and a people on earth, which otherwise is under the supremacy of the Evil One.
  10. Poor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.