on the firing line

(also in the firing line)

Definition

› in a situation that attracts criticism: The judge found himself in the firing line after his remarks about women staying home with their children.

(Definition of on the firing line from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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