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hot under the collar

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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

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. Don't get all hot under the collar -- I'm only suggesting some minor changes to our plans!
See also: collar, hot

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: collar, hot


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On May 2, Oakland's Jason Kendall charged Lackey on the mound, but that wasn't why the right-hander was so hot under the collar.
By October, the weather will cool, but the steamy issues making tax executives hot under the collar will persist.
Hot Under the Collar, published by the Anglican Book Centre, holds up a mirror to Anglicans and the issues they felt passionate about from 1955 to 2005.
 
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