catch hell meaning

[American idiom]
to receive a severe scolding. (Informal. Use hell with caution.)
• Bill is always getting the devil about something.
• I'm late. If I don t get home soon, I'll catch hell!
• I caught the devil yesterday for being late.

[American slang]
to be scolded (about someone or something).
  This isn't the first time Bill's caught hell about his drinking.
   We knew we were gonna catch hell when Ma saw how we'd ruined her garden.
  Somebody is going to catch hell for this!

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1. you'll catch hell from the boss if you leave the office
2. You catch hell because you're a Black man.
3. "Catch Hell " received mostly negative reviews.
4. "The newspaper will catch hell for this, " said Kaminski.
5. You catch hell, all of us catch hell, for the same reason.