(very informal) to be hauled over the coals, to take a lot of heat, to get it in the neck, to get a bollocking (to get severely criticized, to get castigated); to be insulted

Alternative form of s'en prendre plein la gueule

take it or leave it

(informal) to be given a dressing-down, to get a severe telling-off, to get read the riot act; to get hauled over the coals

(equestrianism) to champ at the bit / (figuratively) to get the bit between one's teeth

(informal) to take a hit, to take a knock (to suffer a setback)

(informal) to learn, to take a lesson

(vulgar, figuratively) to gather up one's courage, to man up

to bear with it, to put up with it, to grin and bear it; to wait patiently for better times; to be patient

(Louisiana, Cajun, St. Mary Parish) to be dismissed