collar (redirected from collaring)

blue-collar

a blue-collar worker is someone who does physical work, often in a factory. Blue collar workers in the factories and shipyards were demanding wage increases. (always before noun) They are hoping the new factory will create many more blue collar jobs. (= jobs for blue collar workers)

hot under the collar (informal)

if someone is hot under the collar, they are angry. He got very hot under the collar when I suggested that he might be mistaken. The issue of waste disposal is getting a lot of people hot under the collar.

See also: hot

pink-collar (American)

pink-collar jobs are jobs that women usually do, often in offices and for little money. Most women returning to work after raising children, head for pink-collar jobs in sales and service.

white-collar

a white-collar worker is someone who works in an office, doing mental rather than physical work. The ratio of white-collar workers to production workers in the American manufacturing industry was declining. (always before noun) The earnings of women in white-collar jobs are the second highest in Britain. The 1980's saw an explosion in white-collar crime. (= crimes committed by white-collar workers, especially stealing from the organization they work for)

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hot under the collar

angry. The criticisms seemed unfair to me and I got pretty hot under the collar when I thought about them later.

See also: hot