get flak

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get flak

To receive a lot of criticism or judgment. Because I'm in a family full of surgeons, I get a lot of flak for my career in the arts.
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ALEX McLEISH says Darren Bent must take flak "on the chin" on his return to Sunderland after receiving plenty of grief himself over his Birmingham switch.
McLeish: Darren will take the flak on the chin.. just like I did
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