🗓️ Idiom: Being Grilled (v)
💬 Meaning
- To be asked many difficult or detailed questions.
- To feel pressure because someone wants clear and honest answers.
🧠 Example Sentences
- Many candidates worry about being grilled by a strict interviewer.
- The manager was grilled during the meeting when the team wanted an explanation.
- She felt she was being grilled when the panel kept asking follow-up questions.
🏛️ Origin
The idiom comes from the idea of grilling food over high heat. Over time, people began using “grilled” to describe situations where someone faces intense questioning that feels uncomfortable, similar to being under strong heat. It is now commonly used in business, interviews and meetings.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank
During the job interview, I was __________ about my past experience.
Answer
being grilled
2. Multiple choice
What does “being grilled” mean?
a) Being asked many difficult questions
b) Being offered a promotion
c) Being given more time to prepare
Answer
a) Being asked many difficult questions
3. Change the sentence using “being grilled”
“They asked me one challenging question after another during the interview.”
Answer
I was being grilled during the interview.
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