If you feel like you are being got at

AnonymousHi,

What does this mean? Is this an idiom?

I feel like I'm being got at?


Thank you for the time

This is certainly a new one for me. never heard it before.

But if you say " I feel like I'm being had..." , it is completely native English.

Hi

- I feel like I'm being got at

..is good idiomatic English. It means you think you are being attacked or undermined - maybe in a subtle way

- When Fred said we don't need so many accountants in the department, was he getting at me?

- When he said people who play golf are really boring, that really got at me

- All my emails have been deleted! Am I be

Hi,

It means that somebody criticizes you constantly. It often has to do with having negative feelings.

Ha, ha. Look, Eric is getting at William again.

Regards