jump down someone's throat

jump down someone's throat
jump all over someone & jump down someone's throat & jump on someone
Fig. to scold someone severely. •

If I don't get home on time, my parents will jump all over me.

Don't jump on me! I didn't do it!

Please don't jump all over John. He wasn't the one who broke the window.

Why are you jumping down my throat? I wasn't even in the house when it happened.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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