catch hell (for something)

catch hell (for 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.

We knew we were gonna catch hell when Ma saw how we'd ruined her garden.

Somebody is going to catch hell for this!


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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