a rush of blood



a (sudden) rush of blood (to the head)

if you have a rush of blood to the head, you suddenly feel very excited or very angry, and do or say something silly Thomson was sent off for head-butting Gray in a rush of blood to the head.
See also: blood, of, rush

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Archbold['a:tʃbəuld]
Vassilyvah-SEE-leeRussian
Etna-Irish
GrzegorzGZHE-gawshPolish
ZoÉzo-EFrench
AdamA-dəm (English), a-DAWN (French), AH-dahm (German, Polish), AH:-dahm (Dutch), ah-DAHM (Russian, Ukrainian)English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainia