boiling point
The state of being heated, with high aggression.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“His anger reached boiling point during the argument.”
“After months of unfair treatment, the workers' patience finally reached boiling point and they walked out.”
“Years of suppressed resentment, carefully hidden beneath polite smiles, suddenly surged to boiling point when she discovered the betrayal.”
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all points of the compass
Every direction; everywhere.
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beside the point
Irrelevant, moot.
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boiling frog
A person who, or thing which, is in a gradually worsening situation without any realization of the peril until it is too late.
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boiling hot
Extremely hot (having a high temperature: of an object, the weather, a living creature).
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boiling mad
extremely angry; furious.
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brownie point
Credit or praise for good work or a good deed, often for the express purpose of currying favor.
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get the point
To understand; to interpret correctly.
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get to the point
To state (something) directly; as opposed to in a long-winded way.
Last updated August 10, 2026