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What does hot under the collar mean?

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Adjective
  1. (idiomatic, of a person) Angry, agitated.
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I was rather hot under the collar, and gave an unexpurgated account of what had happened.
Motorists got hot under the collar when the indicator lenses misted, obscuring the view of the pressure reading.
Workers may have been getting hot under the collar in the recent heatwave, but most Manchester bosses want to keep them firmly buttoned up.
Another subject which appears to keep making everyone hot under the collar is industrial fisheries.
As she became hot under the collar of her polyester blouse, the smell of mothballs became over-powering and I started to sneeze.
We pay handsomely for the privilege of being members and we get hot under the collar about its burdensome regulations.

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