get hell (about someone or something)
- get hell (about someone or something)
catch hell (about someone or something) & get hell (about someone or something) & catch hell (for something)
to be scolded (about someone or something). •
This isn't the first time Bill's caught hell about his drinking.
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We knew we were gonna catch hell when Ma saw how we'd ruined her garden.
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Somebody is going to catch hell for this!
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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