get the devil
get the devil
To receive the brunt of another's anger, often through scolding. If I get home past curfew again, I'm really going to get the devil from my parents!
See also: devil, get
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- catch the devil
- get hell
- catch hell
- hell
- devil
- keep off (one's) back
- keep off back
- under the thumb of (someone)
- under somebody's thumb
- under someone’s thumb