Idiom
bite someone's head off
Meaning
To severely berate someone.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't bite my head off just for asking a question.”
“I only asked why the report was late, but my boss bit my head off in front of everyone.”
“Although he was clearly exhausted from the long flight, he did not need to bite my head off when I politely offered to help with his luggage.”
Examples
simple
“Don't bite my head off just for asking a question.”
contextual
“I only asked why the report was late, but my boss bit my head off in front of everyone.”
complex
“Although he was clearly exhausted from the long flight, he did not need to bite my head off when I politely offered to help with his luggage.”
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