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catch the devil

To receive the brunt of another's anger, often through scolding. If I get home past curfew again, I'm really going to catch the devil from my parents!

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John Campbell added: "Promoters are catching the devil by the tail when it comes to fight shows in Belfast.

BOXING: Costs are killing off city fight shows

The picture borrows an idea from the writings of Saint Augustine, who saw the events of salvation history as a kind of divine mousetrap for catching the devil. Joseph, in his sweeping bow to God's will, has shown the genius necessary to build a better mousetrap--maybe the best mousetrap of all, God's own word made flesh to trap the devil.

Odd man out: sometimes the extra at history's greatest dramas, Saint Joseph still has an important role. (testaments)