A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

get the bum’s rush • get the rush
get the bum’s rush —(coll.) 
1
. be thrown out or dismissed
unceremoniously: We tried to talk our way in, but got the
bum’s rush, ending up in a heap on the sidewalk. 2. be rejected
with deliberate coldness or contempt: You might expect a bit
more modesty from a guy whose own work got the bum’s rush
from the powers that be.
get the rush —(coll.) 
1
. (of a woman) receive attentions from
men: She certainly wasn’t prepared for the rush she got….
You’ve got to admit she’s not madly attractive. 2. get a feeling
of excitement or exhilaration: Never again was there anything
quite like the rush we got from the simple fact of spring.
get the dry horrors • get the horrors
get the dry horrors—(Austral sl.) suffer from thirst, especially
after drinking excessive amounts of alcohol: One of the effects
is dehydration — which is why we get the dry horrors the next
morning.
get the horrors—(sl.) become frightened: I was so under-
prepared for the whole thing. It wasn’t till I started doing it
that I really got the horrors.
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get the dry horrors

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get the hots for someone • give it hot to someone
get the hots for someone —(sl.) be strongly attracted to a per-
son sexually: Just as I suspected, Angie. You’re starting to get
the hots for James.
give it hot to someone —(rare coll.) punish or scold smb.
severely: I have given it hot to Grant Allen who did … much
the same as Romanes is doing now though not so barefacedly.
See also: make it hot for someone / make someone hot.
get the jump on someone • give someone a jump
get the jump on someone —(coll.) gain an advantage over a
person: Each of these new developers hopes to get the jump
on the other by adding more square footage to the units.
give someone a jump —(coll.) 
1
. (also: give someone the jumps)
make smb. frightened: Someone had skinned a dead calf and
left it on the track, and it gave me a jump. 2. (also: give someone
a jump-start) help a person start his stalled car: My car
wouldn’t start after work. The security guard gave me a jump.