hot under the collar

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   angry or embarrassed

   Sergent Van Tranh is getting very hot under the collar.

   Before we get hot under the collar, let's just wait and see - what they have to say. - BATES: Amen.

In the movies · 3

• Sergent Van Tranh is getting very hot under the collar.Deux Frères2004
• Before we get hot under the collar, let's just wait and see - what they have to say. - BATES: Amen.Downton Abbey2019
• and I'm hot under the collar.Monkey Business1931

Learn it in full scenes

• Downton Abbey2019
  • The King and Queen Are Coming
  • Downton Prepares for the Royal Visit
  • The Royal Butler Takes Over

From the same entry

• be hot to trot
• be in into hot water
• go hot and cold
• go like hot cakes
• hot and bothered
• hot on heels
• hot on tracks
• in hot pursuit
• not so hot
• blow hot and cold
• like a cat on hot bricks
• on heels