Anger and Annoyance - Animals

Question 1

a blazing row

Answer 1

an argument in which people are very angry and emotional

Question 2

to blow your top

Answer 2

to lose your temper and become very angry

Question 3

to be cross

Answer 3

to be a little angry (often used when speaking to children)

Question 4

to be crotchety

Answer 4

bad-tempered and easily made angry

Question 5

to drive sb up the wall

Answer 5

to annoy sb

Question 6

galling

Answer 6

smth that is annoying because it seems unfair or wrong

Question 7

a heated argument

Answer 7

a bad argument in which people are very angry

Question 8

to hit the roof

Answer 8

to lose your temper and become very angry

Question 9

to be indignat

Answer 9

to be very angry because you thin smth is wrong or unfair

Question 10

irate

Answer 10

very angry

Question 11

to be livid

Answer 11

to be very angry (not used before a noun)

Question 12

to be in no mood to

Answer 12

to be angry and not want to

Question 13

an outburst

Answer 13

a sudden explosion of anger

Question 14

to be sick and tired of smth/sb

Answer 14

to be annoyed and fed up with

Question 15

to throw a tantrum

Answer 15

to start kicking, crying and shouting (usually used for children)

Question 16

to be touchy

Answer 16

bad-tempered and easily made angry

Question 17

to be up in arms about smth

Answer 17

to be very angry and ready to protest (usually for groups)

Question 18

to be as blind as a bat

Answer 18

to have poor eyesight

Question 19

you can…till the cows come home, but it won’t

Answer 19

you can to smth for a very long time but it won’t change anything

Question 20

a dark horse

Answer 20

sb who people know very little about

Question 21

to be dogged by smth

Answer 21

smth bad keeps causing you trouble and it won’t go away

Question 22

for donkey’s years

Answer 22

for a very long time

Question 23

it is like water off a duck’s back for sb

Answer 23

smth that does not affect you because you are accustomed to it

Question 24

to hound sb

Answer 24

to persistently follow sb (used in connection with the press)

Question 25

the lion’s share

Answer 25

the biggest part

Question 26

to rabbit on (about sth)

Answer 26

to talk for a long time in a boring way

Question 27

ratty

Answer 27

bad-tempered/easily made angry

Question 28

to have a whale of a time

Answer 28

to really enjoy yourself

Question 29

a wild goose chase

Answer 29

a search for sth that one is unlikely to find

Question 30

to worm your way out of sth

Answer 30

to avoid doing sth you do not want to