Anger and annoyance animals

Question 1

A blazing row

Answer 1

An argument in which people are very angry and emotional.
They had a blazing row.

Question 2

To blow your top

Answer 2

to lose your temper and become very angry.
When she told him, he blew his top and began shouting.

Question 3

To be cross

Answer 3

To be a little angry.
You’d better do what your teacher says or she will get very cross.

Question 4

To be crotchety

Answer 4

Bad-tempered and easily made angry.
I’m always a bit crotchety when I wake up in the mornings.

Question 5

To drive sb up the wall

Answer 5

That constant drilling noise outside my house is driving me up the wall.

Question 6

furious

Answer 6

very angry

Question 7

galling

Answer 7

annoying because it is unfair.
The most galling thing about his winning all that money is that he was already a millionaire.

Question 8

To get on sb’s nerves

Answer 8

to annoy
She gets on my nerves with her chatting.

Question 9

A heated argument

Answer 9

a bad argument
Raised voices told me that a heated argument was going on next door.

Question 10

to hit the roof

Answer 10

to lose your temper
he hit the roof when he saw my report card.

Question 11

to be indignant

Answer 11

very angry
She was indignant at the suggestion that she was lying.

Question 12

Infuriate

Answer 12

make angry
Rude people infuriate me.

Question 13

irate

Answer 13

very angry
irate listeners.

Question 14

to be livid

Answer 14

very angry
when she finds out you told him she will be livid.

Question 15

To be in no mood to

Answer 15

not want
I’m in no mood to argue.

Question 16

an outburst

Answer 16

a sudden explosion of anger
What was the reason for her outburst?

Question 17

a quick temper

Answer 17

to lose your temper quickly
He’s got a quick temper so be careful what you say to him.

Question 18

To be sick and tired of

Answer 18

to be annoyed and fed up
I’m sick and tired of your excuses.

Question 19

to throw a tantrum

Answer 19

crying and shouting
Whenever Tom didn’t get his own way, he would throw a tantrum.

Question 20

to be up in arms about

Answer 20

angry and ready to protest
Local people are up and arms about the government’s proposal to build a road inside the park.

Question 21

the black sheep of the family

Answer 21

to be a failure

Question 22

to be as blind as a bat

Question 23

You can ….till the cows come home but

Answer 23

It is no worth
You can ask till the cows come home but I won’t tell you.

Question 24

a dark horse

Answer 24

people know very little about it.
Sean is a dark horse, a bit of a mystery.

Question 25

To be dogged by sth.

Answer 25

sth cause bad
I’ve been dogged by ill heath since I left university.

Question 26

for donkey’s years

Answer 26

very long time.

Question 27

fishy

Answer 27

suspicious

Question 28

to hound sb

Answer 28

to folow
The paparazzi hounded her wherever she went.

Question 29

To rabbit on

Answer 29

to talk very long time in a boring way
He rabbited on for ages.

Question 30

ratty

Answer 30

bad tempered
Sorry I was so ratty this morning.

Question 31

to have a whale of a time

Answer 31

enjoy
The kids had a whale of a time.

Question 32

a wild goose chase

Answer 32

difficult to find
Looking for him would be a wild goose chase.

Question 33

To worm your way out of

Answer 33

to avoid doing sth.
He wormed his way out of work again.