be spoiling for a fight



be spoiling for a fight

to be very eager to fight or argue about something The trouble was caused by a group of demonstrators who were obviously spoiling for a fight.
See also: fight, spoil

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lucynaluw-TSI-nahPolish
Arrhenius[a:r'reiniʊs]
BessBESEnglish
MyronMIE-rən (English), muy-rawn (Ancient Greek)English, Ancient Greek
Kaui-Hawaiian
JoelJOL (English), JO-əl (English), ho-EL (Spanish), zhoo-EL (Portuguese), YO-el (Swedish, Finnish)English, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, Biblical