Hot under the collar

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Cool off and learn this phrase with us.

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	The English we speak.
0:09.0	From BBC learning English.
0:11.0	com
0:12.0	Hello and welcome'm Rob. Fue FaeFae. Is the air conditioning on?
0:17.0	Let me check.
0:22.0	Looks like it's broken. Again, the company fixed it just this week.
0:27.6	Yeah. And that's three times this month. I know. I honestly can't face calling the company one more time I've wasted hours on the phone to them
0:37.7	Seriously okay okay Rob no need to get so hot under the collar. But oh okay you're right give me a minute.
0:45.3	While Rob is cooling down let me explain that phrase I just used. To get hot under
0:51.6	the collar means to become very annoyed or angry about something.
0:56.3	There is another meaning but we'll get there later.
0:59.5	Okay Rob, how are you now?
1:01.5	Oh, just a minute more.
1:03.0	Okay, let's listen to these examples first.
1:06.0	Nick got a little hot under the collar when he returned from a meeting to discover his colleagues had eaten all his chocolates.
1:16.0	I hate driving in big cities. I just get too hot under the collar when others drive badly. I prefer to take a bus and
1:26.4	chill out.
1:28.4	Try not to say anything about Wayne's new haircut. he knows it looks terrible.
1:34.0	When I mentioned it, he got very hot under the collar.
1:39.4	This is the English we speak, from BBC Learning English. So how are you feeling now Rob? Oh much better
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