make one's blood boil

make one's blood boil
or[make the blood boil] {v. phr.}, {informal} To make someone very angry. * /When someone calls me a liar it makes my blood boil./ * /It made Mary's blood boil to see the children make fun of the crippled girl./ Compare: BOILING POINT.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • make\ one's\ blood\ boil — • make one s blood boil • make the blood boil v. phr. informal To make someone very angry. When someone calls me a liar it makes my blood boil. It made Mary s blood boil to see the children make fun of the crippled girl. Compare: boiling point …   Словарь американских идиом

  • make one's blood boil — make someone very angry Every time that I see him he makes my blood boil …   Idioms and examples

  • make one's blood boil — or[make the blood boil] {v. phr.}, {informal} To make someone very angry. * /When someone calls me a liar it makes my blood boil./ * /It made Mary s blood boil to see the children make fun of the crippled girl./ Compare: BOILING POINT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make one's blood boil — see blood …   Useful english dictionary

  • make one's blood boil — v. make extremely angry …   English contemporary dictionary

  • make\ the\ blood\ boil — • make one s blood boil • make the blood boil v. phr. informal To make someone very angry. When someone calls me a liar it makes my blood boil. It made Mary s blood boil to see the children make fun of the crippled girl. Compare: boiling point …   Словарь американских идиом

  • make the blood boil — See: MAKE ONE S BLOOD BOIL …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make the blood boil — See: MAKE ONE S BLOOD BOIL …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • blood — [blud] n. [ME blod, blode < OE blod: see BLEED] 1. the usually red fluid, consisting of plasma, red and white blood cells, etc., that circulates through the heart, arteries, and veins of vertebrates: blood is a body tissue that carries oxygen …   English World dictionary

  • blood — bloodlike, adj. /blud/, n. 1. the fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings and other vertebrates, in humans consisting of plasma in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended. 2. the… …   Universalium

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