get a hard time (from someone)

get a hard time (from someone)

To receive grief or frustration from someone else in the form of teasing, bullying, or other ill treatment. Mom, quit nagging him. He'll stop coming home from college on the weekends if he thinks he's gonna get a hard time about every little thing. New kids always seem to get a hard time from bullies at this school.
See also: get, hard, time
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a hard time
  • Why don't you pick on someone your own size?
  • good grief
  • make mincemeat (out) of (someone or something)
  • make mincemeat of
  • make mincemeat of somebody/something
  • make mincemeat of someone
  • make mincemeat out of someone/something
  • mincemeat
  • intercede with (someone or something)