on blast
Meaning: Being publicly shamed or criticized, especially on social media.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Daily Life
Origin: Modern slang, likely from the intensity of a spotlight or sound system set to full blast—the person is exposed to intense public scrutiny.
More idioms — Daily Life
- rock the boat — To disrupt the status quo or challenge established conventions and rules.
- above the salt — Of high social rank, importance, or honor.
- break the mold — To abandon convention and do something radically new or different.
- hoist by one's own petard — To be harmed or destroyed by one's own trap or scheme meant to injure someone else.
- ace up one's sleeve — A hidden advantage or secret resource kept in reserve to use when needed.
- old fogey — An elderly person with old-fashioned or reactionary views.
More English idioms
- train wreck — A spectacular, inevitable disaster that is witnessed by many people.
- chase a rainbow — To pursue something that is impossible or unrealistic to attain.
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- sleep with the fishes — To be dead, with one's body disposed of in the ocean or a large body of water.
- Augean stables — An extremely filthy, corrupt, or morally decayed place or situation that seems impossible…
From our untranslatable words
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