take flak informal , auch: take the flak

Malone, for example, used to take flak because he was the only father on the team without a son.

Gore also takes flak for his visit to Southern tornado disaster sites.

He has recently made headlines, taking flak from a conservative Christian group for promoting homosexuality.

Now that she was married to Ned, she didn't have to take flak from anybody.

That doesn't mean you won't take flak for it."

I'm always taking flak from these women's libber types.

But if the policies are correct, then they're worth defending - even if it means taking flak.

They think you have been unfair, and they're taking flak from their peers in other units about reverse discrimination.

And he took flak for it, especially for calling the front office "third-rate."

Audio (29min 53sec), 27 May 2010: Two weeks in and the new prime minister is already taking flak from the right wing of his party.

Back then, Bob Hope took flak in a deeply divided country for his steadfast support of the troops.

Public sector managers take flak from both sides

Shirow who grew tired of "taking flak" over the pages agreed to the removal and reworked the previous page.

By coming in perpendicular, spread out, the bombers would only be taking flak during the seconds it took to cross the line and jdrop the bombs.

Rhodri Morgan, the First Minister of Wales takes flak for not doing the same.

Media coverage of the dispute noted that Poilievre was "the latest in a long line of politicians to take flak for uttering the words."

The Prime Minister has helped out Mr Clegg when he most needed it, but will now take flak for doing so.

His autobiography, Taking Flak: My life in the fast lane, was released in November 2011.

I'd wear a T-shirt that says, 'I took flak from Phyllis Schlafly.'

Labour to take flak as OECD survey poised to reveal pupils' failings

As Bruce's standing nosedived, his captain also started taking flak and Cattermole had begun to lose his way with both form and confidence deserting him.

Mr. Lieberman took flak for dropping some positions that fell outside Democratic orthodoxy, like opposing affirmative action and favoring experimentation with school vouchers.

Freiberg had taken flak from his friends in academia for joining big, bad Dan Randolph, the greedy capitalist founder and head of Astro Manufacturing.

Criticize Governor McGreevey on the role of a former aide and now lobbyist, Golan Cipel, and be prepared to take flak.