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.
- 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