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.
See also:
  • 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