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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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We pay handsomely for the privilege of being members and we get hot under the collar about its burdensome regulations.
Another subject which appears to keep making everyone hot under the collar is industrial fisheries.
And when she reached for her head to tie her hair, Ric could see the shapely curves of her body which made him a little hot under the collar.
If the thought of minestrone with pesto dumplings gets you hot under the collar, then there's a bowl with your name on it.
I was rather hot under the collar, and gave an unexpurgated account of what had happened.
Nothing bothers me more than to read the paper and see where some young person was killed for running a stop sign because some jabroni got hot under the collar and started chasing him at high speeds.

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