AT RECEIVING END

receiving end, at etc adj infml The minister was at the receiving end of a lot of parliamentary brickbats for his handling of the affair Министр подвергся жестокой критике со стороны членов парламента за неумелое ведение дела He was on the receiving end of the string of insults Он подвергался целому ряду оскорблений He was on the receiving end in the fight and was knocked unconscious Ему здорово досталось в этой драке. Его просто вырубили He has been on the receiving end for more abuse than he has dished out Оскорблений в его адрес было больше, чем исходило от него