hot under the collar
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hot under the collar (comparative hotter under the collar, superlative hottest under the collar)
- (idiomatic, of a person) Angry; agitated.
- 1914, Ralph Henry Barbour, chapter 21, in Left End Edwards:
- "Oh, cut it," said Steve wearily. " . . . I don't want to listen to drivel like that."
"Drivel?" repeated the other, puzzled. " . . . I don't see why you need to get so hot under the collar.
- 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, “Jeeves and the Hard Boiled Egg”, in My Man Jeeves:
- "What do you mean, sir?" cried the old boy, getting purple. . . .
"Now don't get hot under the collar. I'm only asking. I've a right to know."
- 1951 December 21, “Poor People! Seats In The End Zone”, in Kentucky New Era, retrieved 30 September 2010, page 9:
- The Tennessee Football fans who couldn't buy Sugar Bowl tickets were furious, but it's a toss-up whether they were any hotter under the collar than some of those who got them.
- 2008 May 14, “IFP angry at 'history distortion'”, in Independent Online, South Africa, retrieved 30 September 2010:
- A controversial history textbook has IFP members hot under the collar and has resulted in two protest marches being scheduled for KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday.
- 2022 February 3, Heather Stewart, quoting Boris Johnson, “Boris Johnson’s policy chief quits over PM’s ‘scurrilous’ Savile remark”, in The Guardian[1]:
- The prime minister had earlier sought to row back from the Savile claims on Thursday, saying “a lot of people have got very hot under the collar”.
- (idiomatic, colloquial, slang, of a person) Sexually aroused.
- Synonym: hot and bothered
Translations[edit]
angry, upset, agitated
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References[edit]
- “hot under the collar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.