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Definition

To be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten.

To experience troubling or difficult times.

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In Context

  • "It’s not exactly a Pixar-level examination of complicated family dynamics, and the movie still has plenty of knuckled-headed, Sandler-style boys-will-be-dumbasses shtick: Children everywhere will surely thrill to the sub-subplot about Frank catching hell about his gambling problem from his wife, Eunice (Fran Drescher)!"
  • "I'm catching hell living here alone / Hmm, I never realized, oh, Lord / That you mean so much to me / I'm catching hell living here alone"
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Related Idioms

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catch it

To be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten.

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Someone in danger of being killed or severely punished.

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To sleep.

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catch on

To understand; to begin to understand; to realize.

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catch as catch can

To use any available means or methods.

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catch a falling knife

To buy a financial instrument whose price is falling rapidly.
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