in-the-hot-seat

Adverb

(not comparable)

(idiomatic) Under pressure to perform; under scrutiny; at the center of attention.
They really put me in the hot seat during that last job interview. They asked lots of tough questions and videotaped the whole thing.

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in-the-hot-seat
in-the-know
in-the-land-of-the-blind-the-one-eyed-man-is-king
in-the-lead