Hot under the collar

"Oh, cut it," said Steve wearily. " . . . I don't want to listen to drivel like that." "Drivel?" repeated the other, puzzled. " . . . I don't see why you need to get so hot under the collar.

"What do you mean, sir?" cried the old boy, getting purple. . . . "Now don't get hot under the collar. I'm only asking. I've a right to know."

The Tennessee Football fans who couldn't buy Sugar Bowl tickets were furious, but it's a toss-up whether they were any hotter under the collar than some of those who got them.

A controversial history textbook has IFP members hot under the collar and has resulted in two protest marches being scheduled for KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday.

The prime minister had earlier sought to row back from the Savile claims on Thursday, saying “a lot of people have got very hot under the collar”.