(one's) blood is up



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(one's) blood is up

One is in an angry, aggressive, or violent mood; one is looking or ready for a fight. Everyone in the office knows to avoid the boss when her blood is up.
See also: blood, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Armison['a:misn]
Keane-Irish
Dipak-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali
PauliinaPOW-lee:-nahFinnish
GisbertGEES-bert (German)German, Ancient Germanic
Sharifa-Arabic