Idiom
jump salty
Meaning
To become angry.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He jumped salty when I borrowed his pen.”
“She jumped salty after her coworker took credit for her hard work during the meeting.”
“Despite his usual calm demeanor, he jumped salty when the manager questioned his professional integrity in front of the entire department.”
Examples
simple
“He jumped salty when I borrowed his pen.”
contextual
“She jumped salty after her coworker took credit for her hard work during the meeting.”
complex
“Despite his usual calm demeanor, he jumped salty when the manager questioned his professional integrity in front of the entire department.”
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