Hot Under The Collar (Adjective)

Meaning

Very angry.

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Examples

• He was hot under the collar after receiving the unfair parking ticket and immediately demanded to speak to the manager.
• The customer was hot under the collar because the company had failed to deliver her package on time for the third time in a row.
• After being cut off in traffic, the driver was hot under the collar and laid on the horn for several seconds.
• When she found out that her brother had borrowed her favorite dress without permission, she was hot under the collar and refused to speak to him.
• The coach was hot under the collar with the referee's questionable calls and ended up getting ejected from the game.