Idiom
rip someone's head off
Meaning
To castigate someone very angrily.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“If I am late again, my boss will rip my head off.”
“I forgot to finish the report on time, and I know my manager is going to rip my head off when he sees it.”
“The director was so furious about the budget deficit that he threatened to rip the head off any employee who dared to suggest further spending.”
Examples
simple
“If I am late again, my boss will rip my head off.”
contextual
“I forgot to finish the report on time, and I know my manager is going to rip my head off when he sees it.”
complex
“The director was so furious about the budget deficit that he threatened to rip the head off any employee who dared to suggest further spending.”
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