hot under the collar

hot under the collar

Angry. I'm sorry I got hot under the collar just then, I have a hard time hearing criticism about my novel. The way you kids deliberately disobey me makes me hot under the collar!
See also: collar, hot
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hot under the collar

Fig. very angry. The boss was really hot under the collar when you told him you lost the contract. I get hot under the collar every time I think about it.
See also: collar, hot
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

hot under the collar

Angry, as in She is quick to get hot under the collar, but once the problem is ironed out she forgets it entirely . This expression alludes to the heat of anger. [c. 1900]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

hot under the collar

angry, resentful, or embarrassed.
1995 Edward Toman Dancing in Limbo It seems that the gentleman in question has been getting very hot under the collar of late about our public image.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

hot under the ˈcollar

(informal) annoyed, embarrassed or excited: He gets very hot under the collar if people disagree with him.
See also: collar, hot
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

hot under the collar

verb
See hot
See also: collar, hot
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

hot under the collar

Informal
Angry.
See also: collar, hot
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

hot under the collar, to be

To be upset, agitated, angry. The heat of anger has been noted since ancient times, and it often manifests itself in a flushed, warm face and neck. The precise expression here has been used since the late nineteenth century, when high collars were still in fashion for men. It was well known enough by 1907 for O. Henry to play on it: “That makes Alice warm under the lace yoke” (The Sphinx Apple). “Then shall our names, familiar in his mouth as household words, Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter. . . .” —William Shakespeare, HenryV
See also: hot
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • hot under the collar, to be
  • get hot under the collar
  • make (one) hot under the collar
  • blue-collar staff
  • blue-collar worker
  • feel (one's) collar
  • feel someone's collar
  • Necessity knows no law
  • ball-buster
  • dust pants
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