foam at the mouth

foam at the mouth
foam at the mouth
1. Lit. to create froth or foam around the mouth, as with some diseases. •

The poor dog was foaming at the mouth and looked quite dangerous.

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What does it mean when a cow foams at the mouth?

2. Fig. to be extraordinarily angry. •

She was almost foaming at the mouth when she heard about the cost of the car repairs.

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Walter was foaming at the mouth with rage.

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{v. phr.}, {slang} To be very angry, like a mad dog. * /By the time Uncle Henry had the third flat tire he was really foaming at the mouth./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • foam at the mouth — Meaning Display rage. Origin Dogs and other animals affected by rabies foam at the mouth …   Meaning and origin of phrases

  • foam at the mouth — 1) informal to be very angry Traditionalists, as you would expect, are foaming at the mouth. 2) to have white foam coming from your mouth …   English dictionary

  • foam at the mouth —    Someone who foams at the mouth is extremely angry about something.     The director was foaming at the mouth when he saw a picture of his children in the newspaper …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • foam at the mouth — emit froth at the mouth as a rabid dog does; froth at the mouth in excitement or hunger …   English contemporary dictionary

  • foam\ at\ the\ mouth — v. phr. slang To be very angry, like a mad dog. By the time Uncle Henry had the third flat tire he was really foaming at the mouth …   Словарь американских идиом

  • foam at the mouth — be very angry (like a mad dog) He was foaming at the mouth when I told him that I had had an accident with his car …   Idioms and examples

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