be under a microscope

be under a microscope

To be under close inspection or intense scrutiny. After I got that official reprimand at work, it feels like I'm under a microscope with my boss. The country's surveillance methods have been under a microscope lately, after news sources learned that it had been eavesdropping on its own citizens' communications.
See also: microscope
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • be under the microscope
  • put (someone or something) under a microscope
  • let (one) have it
  • let have it
  • let me have it
  • Let me have it!
  • let somebody have it
  • give somebody hell
  • give someone hell
  • give them hell