Anger and Annoyance - Animals Flashcards
a blazing row
an argument in which people are very angry and emotional
to blow your top
to lose your temper and become very angry
to be cross
to be a little angry (often used when speaking to children)
to be crotchety
bad-tempered and easily made angry
to drive sb up the wall
to annoy sb
galling
smth that is annoying because it seems unfair or wrong
a heated argument
a bad argument in which people are very angry
to hit the roof
to lose your temper and become very angry
to be indignat
to be very angry because you thin smth is wrong or unfair
irate
very angry
to be livid
to be very angry (not used before a noun)
to be in no mood to
to be angry and not want to
an outburst
a sudden explosion of anger
to be sick and tired of smth/sb
to be annoyed and fed up with
to throw a tantrum
to start kicking, crying and shouting (usually used for children)
to be touchy
bad-tempered and easily made angry
to be up in arms about smth
to be very angry and ready to protest (usually for groups)
to be as blind as a bat
to have poor eyesight
you can…till the cows come home, but it won’t
you can to smth for a very long time but it won’t change anything
a dark horse
sb who people know very little about
to be dogged by smth
smth bad keeps causing you trouble and it won’t go away
for donkey’s years
for a very long time
it is like water off a duck’s back for sb
smth that does not affect you because you are accustomed to it
to hound sb
to persistently follow sb (used in connection with the press)
