He got very hot under the collar when I asked him where he'd been all day.

我问他一整天到哪里去了，他很尴尬。

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We say he is hot under the collar.

我们说他是在领子下热。

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Tie makers, however, were left hot under the collar.

而这一举措则让意大利的领带制造商们大为不满。

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But he got hot under the collar when someone took his radio.

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We say he is hot under the collar.

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The metaphor is strangely apt, but the story that's got AMs hot under the collar is quite different.

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Does your electronic device have you a bit hot under the collar these days?

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This is something that has got architect Howard Liddell, who advises the Scottish parliament, hot under the collar.

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