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jump down your throat | jump all over you
Meaning: If someone jumps down your throat, or jumps all over you, they strongly criticise you or scold you.
For example:
- All I did was come twenty minutes late, and the manager jumped down my throat. I don't understand why he got so mad.
- Janie's parents jumped all over her for forgetting to call them and tell them she'd be getting home late.
Quick Quiz:
Lucinda's boss will jump down her throat if she
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