be spoiling for



be spoiling for

Enthusiastic/eager for something. Often use in the phrase "be spoiling for a fight." Come on, don't engage with that drunken fool, he's spoiling for a fight!
See also: spoil

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Concettinakon-chet-TEE-nahItalian
SaxonSAK-sənEnglish (Rare)
JÁKup-Faroese
LamprechtLAHMP-rekht (German)German (Archaic), Ancient Germanic
Dip-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi
Gozzo-Ancient Germanic