steaming (mad)

steaming (mad)
steaming (mad)
Fig. very angry; very mad; very upset. •

The steaming coach yelled at the clumsy players.

The principal was steaming mad when he found that his office had been vandalized.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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