Anger and annoyance animals Flashcards
A blazing row
An argument in which people are very angry and emotional.
They had a blazing row.
To blow your top
to lose your temper and become very angry.
When she told him, he blew his top and began shouting.
To be cross
To be a little angry.
You’d better do what your teacher says or she will get very cross.
To be crotchety
Bad-tempered and easily made angry.
I’m always a bit crotchety when I wake up in the mornings.
To drive sb up the wall
That constant drilling noise outside my house is driving me up the wall.
furious
very angry
galling
annoying because it is unfair.
The most galling thing about his winning all that money is that he was already a millionaire.
To get on sb’s nerves
to annoy
She gets on my nerves with her chatting.
A heated argument
a bad argument
Raised voices told me that a heated argument was going on next door.
to hit the roof
to lose your temper
he hit the roof when he saw my report card.
to be indignant
very angry
She was indignant at the suggestion that she was lying.
Infuriate
make angry
Rude people infuriate me.
irate
very angry
irate listeners.
to be livid
very angry
when she finds out you told him she will be livid.
To be in no mood to
not want
I’m in no mood to argue.
an outburst
a sudden explosion of anger
What was the reason for her outburst?
a quick temper
to lose your temper quickly
He’s got a quick temper so be careful what you say to him.
To be sick and tired of
to be annoyed and fed up
I’m sick and tired of your excuses.
to throw a tantrum
crying and shouting
Whenever Tom didn’t get his own way, he would throw a tantrum.
to be up in arms about
angry and ready to protest
Local people are up and arms about the government’s proposal to build a road inside the park.
the black sheep of the family
to be a failure
to be as blind as a bat
You can ….till the cows come home but
It is no worth
You can ask till the cows come home but I won’t tell you.
a dark horse
people know very little about it.
Sean is a dark horse, a bit of a mystery.
To be dogged by sth.
sth cause bad
I’ve been dogged by ill heath since I left university.
for donkey’s years
very long time.
fishy
suspicious
to hound sb
to folow
The paparazzi hounded her wherever she went.
To rabbit on
to talk very long time in a boring way
He rabbited on for ages.
ratty
bad tempered
Sorry I was so ratty this morning.
to have a whale of a time
enjoy
The kids had a whale of a time.
a wild goose chase
difficult to find
Looking for him would be a wild goose chase.
To worm your way out of
to avoid doing sth.
He wormed his way out of work again.
