Idiom
catch hell
Meaning
To be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“If you break that vase, you will catch hell from your mother.”
“He knew he would catch hell for missing the deadline, so he stayed late to finish the report.”
“The junior officer realized he would catch hell from his superiors once they discovered the unauthorized changes he made to the mission plan.”
Examples
simple
“If you break that vase, you will catch hell from your mother.”
contextual
“He knew he would catch hell for missing the deadline, so he stayed late to finish the report.”
complex
“The junior officer realized he would catch hell from his superiors once they discovered the unauthorized changes he made to the mission plan.”
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