get flak

(redirected from take flak)

get flak

To receive a lot of criticism, judgment, or teasing. Because I'm in a family full of surgeons, I get a lot of flak for my career in the arts.
See also: flak, get

get/take (the) ˈflak (for something)

(informal) receive severe criticism: He’s taken a lot of flak for his unpopular decisions. ♢ Why do I always get the flak when something goes wrong around here?
Flak is bullets from guns on the ground that are shooting at enemy aircraft.
See also: flak, get, take
References in periodicals archive ?
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
Idioms browser ?
Full browser ?