Idiom
make someone's blood boil
Meaning
To cause a person to feel angry or very annoyed, especially in situation in which one cannot fully display that feeling to others.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“His rude comments always make my blood boil.”
“It makes my blood boil when people talk loudly on their phones in the library.”
“The blatant injustice of the decision made her blood boil, yet she maintained a professional composure throughout the meeting.”
Examples
simple
“His rude comments always make my blood boil.”
contextual
“It makes my blood boil when people talk loudly on their phones in the library.”
complex
“The blatant injustice of the decision made her blood boil, yet she maintained a professional composure throughout the meeting.”
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