BE AT / ON THE RECEIVING END (OF STH)


Meaning of BE AT / ON THE RECEIVING END (OF STH) in English

( informal ) to be the person that an action, etc. is directed at, especially an unpleasant one :

She found herself on the receiving end of a great deal of criticism.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.