get/take a lot of/some stick

get/take [a lot of/some etc.] stick (British, informal, British, informal)

to be criticized or laughed at because of something that you do. I get a lot of stick from people at work over the way I dress. (often + from) The government has come in for a lot of stick from the press over its handling of the crisis.

See also: lot, some, stick, take