be on case

Meaning

1. be on sb's case

   to criticize sb all the time

   She's always on my case about cleaning my room.

In the movies · 2

• Jesus I do something right for a change and you fuckers get on my case 1994The World's End2013
• In this case...Pride2014
• The case. The case, Clouseau.The Pink Panther2006
• Was the transponder on the case?Tenet2020
• Take the case.Zootopia2016
• We can't do this on a case-by-case basis.Battlestar Galactica: The Plan2009
• this case is unloseable.The Wolf of Wall Street2013
• But that proved not to be the case.Oppenheimer2023

Learn it in full scenes

• The Wolf of Wall Street2013
  • Jordan Belfort Introduces Himself
  • Jordan's First Lunch with Mark Hanna
  • Black Monday Crushes Jordan's Career
• Oppenheimer2023
  • Bohr Sends Oppenheimer to Göttingen
  • Strauss Offers Oppenheimer a Job
  • Rabi Meets Oppenheimer on a Train

From the same entry

• as the case may be
• be on the case
• get off my case
• a case in point
• in any case
• in case
• in case of
• in that case
• dog eat dog
• rest your case
• case the joint