get/take [a lot of/some etc.] stick

British, informal, British, informal

to be criticized or laughed at because of something that you do.

I get a lot of stick from people at work over the way I dress. (often + from)

The government has come in for a lot of stick from the press over its handling of the crisis.

• have been in the wars
• have big ears
• have bigger fish to fry
• have blinders on
• have blood on hands
• have blood on your hands
• have both feet on the ground
• have burning a hole in pocket
• have burning a hole in your pocket
• have butterflies
• have butterflies in stomach
• have butterflies in your stomach
• have by the balls
• have by the short and curlies
• have cake and eat it
• have cake and eat it too
• have carte blanche
• have clean hands
• have come a long way
• have coming out ears
• have coming out of ears
• have coming out of your ears
• have coming out your ears
• have day in court
• have dead to rights