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Feelings - Anger

Dive into English idioms regarding anger, like "keep your hair on" and "get a rise out of".

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hissy fit

an outburst of anger or frustration, often characterized by uncontrollable emotional and irrational behavior

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one's blood is up

used to refer to someone who is extremely furious and is ready to start a fight or argument

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on the rag

said of a woman who is behaving very angrily and cannot be reasoned with, due to being in her menstruation period

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in high dudgeon

used to emphasize or demonstrate that one is extremely unhappy, angry, or irritated

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in a huff

in a highly agitated or furious state, characterized by the inability to think rationally or make logical decisions

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hopping mad

feeling extremely angry

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bent out of shape

irritated or enraged to the point of frustration

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to be up in arms about something

to be extremely angry or upset about something

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to set one's teeth on edge

to make someone extremely annoyed or enraged

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to make one's blood boil

to cause someone to become extremely angry

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to go ape

to become extremely angry

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chill pill

an imaginary pill that is recommended to an angry or anxious person to take as a way of asking them to relax or calm down

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to drive somebody up the wall

to make someone extremely angry

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keep your hair on

used to tell or remind someone not to get too upset or excited about something

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to hit a raw nerve

to mention or do something that causes someone to become upset or angry

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to get a rise out of somebody

to intentionally make someone extremely angry

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