get [a lot of/some etc.] stick
- get [a lot of/some etc.] stick
- get/take [a lot of/some etc.] stick
to be criticized or laughed at because of something that you do.
I get a lot of stick from people at work over the way I dress.
(often +
from)
The government has come in for a lot of stick from the press over its handling of the crisis.
New idioms dictionary.
2014.
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take [a lot of/some etc.] stick — get/take [a lot of/some etc.] stick British, informal, British, informal to be criticized or laughed at because of something that you do. I get a lot of stick from people at work over the way I dress. (often + from) The government has come in for … New idioms dictionary
give (someone) [a lot of/some etc.] stick — British, informal get/take [a lot of/some etc.] stick to be criticized or laughed at because of something that you do. I got your name wrong when I first met you. I recall you gave me a lot of stick about that. (often + about) … New idioms dictionary
get a lot of stick — get/take [a lot of/some etc.] stick British, informal, British, informal to be criticized or laughed at because of something that you do. I get a lot of stick from people at work over the way I dress. (often + from) The government has come in for … New idioms dictionary
get some stick — get/take [a lot of/some etc.] stick British, informal, British, informal to be criticized or laughed at because of something that you do. I get a lot of stick from people at work over the way I dress. (often + from) The government has come in for … New idioms dictionary
get ... stick — get/take [a lot of/some etc.] stick British, informal, British, informal to be criticized or laughed at because of something that you do. I get a lot of stick from people at work over the way I dress. (often + from) The government has come in for … New idioms dictionary
get stick — get/take [a lot of/some etc.] stick British, informal, British, informal to be criticized or laughed at because of something that you do. I get a lot of stick from people at work over the way I dress. (often + from) The government has come in for … New idioms dictionary
take some stick — get/take [a lot of/some etc.] stick British, informal, British, informal to be criticized or laughed at because of something that you do. I get a lot of stick from people at work over the way I dress. (often + from) The government has come in for … New idioms dictionary
take a lot of stick — get/take [a lot of/some etc.] stick British, informal, British, informal to be criticized or laughed at because of something that you do. I get a lot of stick from people at work over the way I dress. (often + from) The government has come in for … New idioms dictionary
take ... stick — get/take [a lot of/some etc.] stick British, informal, British, informal to be criticized or laughed at because of something that you do. I get a lot of stick from people at work over the way I dress. (often + from) The government has come in for … New idioms dictionary
take stick — get/take [a lot of/some etc.] stick British, informal, British, informal to be criticized or laughed at because of something that you do. I get a lot of stick from people at work over the way I dress. (often + from) The government has come in for … New idioms dictionary