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hot under the collar, to be hot under the collarAngry. I'm sorry I got hot under the collar just then, I have a hard time hearing criticism about my novel. The way you kids deliberately disobey me makes me hot under the collar!See also: collar, hothot under the collarFig. 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, hothot under the collarAngry, as in She is quick to get hot under the collar, but once the problem is ironed out she forgets it entirely . This expression alludes to the heat of anger. [c. 1900] See also: collar, hothot under the collar angry, resentful, or embarrassed. 1995 Edward Toman Dancing in Limbo It seems that the gentleman in question has been getting very hot under the collar of late about our public image. See also: collar, hothot under the ˈcollar (informal) annoyed, embarrassed or excited: He gets very hot under the collar if people disagree with him.See also: collar, hothot under the collar verbSee hotSee also: collar, hot hot under the collar Informal Angry.See also: collar, hothot under the collar, to beTo be upset, agitated, angry. The heat of anger has been noted since ancient times, and it often manifests itself in a flushed, warm face and neck. The precise expression here has been used since the late nineteenth century, when high collars were still in fashion for men. It was well known enough by 1907 for O. Henry to play on it: “That makes Alice warm under the lace yoke” (The Sphinx Apple). “Then shall our names, familiar in his mouth as household words, Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter. . . .” —William Shakespeare, HenryVSee also: hot |