That one word had a lot of heat in it.

Have you taken a lot of heat from your friends on the left?

But he's going to take a lot of heat for this.

But we were getting a lot of heat from people who wanted answers.

This way they were going to generate a lot of heat but not much reason.

"And at the same time, you're going to take a lot of heat from your employees."

He could turn up a lot of heat under the department.

"But he is going to get a lot of heat from the right."

They have taken a lot of heat from this decision.

He is taking a lot of heat for this mess, which makes little sense.