Idiom
jump down someone's throat
Meaning
To criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I made a small mistake, but he jumped down my throat.”
“I only asked a simple question, so there was no reason for her to jump down my throat.”
“Even though the error was minor, the manager jumped down my throat in front of the entire team, leaving everyone feeling uncomfortable.”
Examples
simple
“I made a small mistake, but he jumped down my throat.”
contextual
“I only asked a simple question, so there was no reason for her to jump down my throat.”
complex
“Even though the error was minor, the manager jumped down my throat in front of the entire team, leaving everyone feeling uncomfortable.”
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