put the chill on someone—
1. exert a depressing influence on a person:
- Export orders are falling as the winds of war put the chill on foreign buyers.
2. (U.S. sl.) ignore a person; end social contact with smb. (also: put the freeze on someone):
- They have put the chill on me, I presume for reasons that other types of persons are more easily dealt with.
put the heat on someone —(sl.) put pressure on a person; subject smb. to a severe cross examination (also: turn the heat on someone):
- He told everything about the plan when they put the heat on him.