get the stick

To be punished or reprimanded in some way. Physical violence is usually not involved, despite the phrasing. Boy, we really got the stick from Professor Adams after he heard us talking during his lecture. We're definitely going to get the stick from the boss if we hand this report in late.

See also: get, stick

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

laugh (someone or something) out of court
laugh out of court
laugh somebody/something out of court
laugh someone or something out of court
be laughed out of court
be up the stick
stick by
stick by (someone or something)
cancer stick
be (as) thin as a stick

References in periodicals archive

MICK McCarthy today backed Wolves' striker Jay Bothroyd to shrug off any brickbats from the Coventry boo-boys and insisted: "It's only the good players who get the stick."

Football: Boo-boys won't get to Bothroyd; WOLVES

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释义	get the stick get the stick To be punished or reprimanded in some way. Physical violence is usually not involved, despite the phrasing. Boy, we really got the stick from Professor Adams after he heard us talking during his lecture. We're definitely going to get the stick from the boss if we hand this report in late. See also: get, stick Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: laugh (someone or something) out of court laugh out of court laugh somebody/something out of court laugh someone or something out of court be laughed out of court be up the stick stick by stick by (someone or something) cancer stick be (as) thin as a stick References in periodicals archive MICK McCarthy today backed Wolves' striker Jay Bothroyd to shrug off any brickbats from the Coventry boo-boys and insisted: "It's only the good players who get the stick." Football: Boo-boys won't get to Bothroyd; WOLVES
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