to get on someone's grill
- phrasal verb
- /ɡɛt ɑn ˈsʌmˌwʌnz ɡrɪl/
- Slang
:
darle la lata a alguien
- My parents always get on my grill when my grades drop.
Examples
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Please don't get on my grill about the mess—I said I'd clean it up.
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If you keep messing around, the coach will get on your grill during practice.
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Don't get on his grill about the project!
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Why do you always get on her grill?
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My teacher always gets on my grill when I don’t turn in my homework.
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If you keep being late, he will definitely get on your grill about it.
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She tends to get on his grill when he doesn’t follow the rules.
Synonyms
310
4.1
Face someone directly in an angry or challenging way to accuse them
93
5.8
To mock someone again and again to make them angry or upset
71
5.6
Suddenly say angry things about someone by speaking or writing
61
5.3
To strongly criticize someone in public
59
4.9
To question someone firmly to get information
44
8.1
To tell someone angrily that they did something wrong
15
7.3
To severely criticize someone or something
13
7.0
Scold someone angrily in front of others
11
8.1
To angrily tell someone off
7
8.9
To speak angrily to someone for a long time
4
7.9
Scold someone very strongly for a mistake
4
8.2
To suddenly speak angrily and criticize someone for a small mistake
3
9.5
Say bad things about someone in public to show others what they did
3
8.8
To scold someone strongly for something they did wrong
2
7.1
To scold someone angrily and severely
1
8.5
Shout at someone in a very angry way and threaten them
1
8.3
To suddenly attack someone with angry words
1
6.8
Tell someone angrily that they did something wrong
1
6.7
To criticize someone or something strongly in public
Tell someone angrily that you are upset with them
To speak angrily to someone and criticize them
To speak to someone in a sudden angry way without good reason
To scold someone angrily for something they did
To criticize someone angrily using harsh words
Attack someone with strong words in public
To attack or criticize someone who is already in trouble
To yell at or threaten someone to make them try harder
Speak badly about someone or something to other people
Antonyms
How Confrontational
36
7.2
- Slang
310
4.1
- Texting
68
4.6
- Formal
552
4.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense can be partially derived from the parts: 'get on' (to bother/attack someone) + 'grill' (to question or press aggressively) yields the idea of confronting or criticizing someone. However, the phrase is informal/colloquial and relies on the metaphorical use of 'grill'; a typical B1 learner who only knows the literal cooking sense of 'grill' may not predict the idiomatic meaning, so it is not fully transparent.
Etymology
Get on someone's grill comes from a slang use of grill for a person's 'face' or 'mouth'. If someone stands close and shouts at your 'face', they are 'getting on your grill', so the phrase now means 'to confront or criticize someone'.