in the hot seat
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In an uncomfortable or embarrassing situation, usually by being subjected to severe criticism: “When the settlement talks broke down, he was in the hot seat with both management and labor.” The phrase is an extension of “hot seat,” slang for the electric chair.
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Words nearby in the hot seat
in the gutter, in the hands of, in the heat of, in the hole, in the hope, in the hot seat, in the interest of, in the interim, in the know, in the lap of luxury, in the least
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in the hot seat
see hot seat.
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