in a position where one might receive severe criticism
in a state where people are eager to criticize
a target to get attacked
The man was in the cross hairs from the very beginning of the interrogation.
I was in the cross hairs when I visited my sister while she was having a fight with her husband.
The CEO is usually the one in the cross hairs in such a case.
The film is in the cross hairs because of its use of historical events even though the director has made it clear that it has been made based on a poem and is not supposed to be historically accurate.
My mother is in the cross hairs when my granny visits us.
There is no origin for this idiom
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definition
Common phrase that has a specific meaning.