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
Yakup-Turkish
Winifrid-Ancient Germanic
Erikae-REE-kah (Swedish, Norwegian), E-ree-kah (Finnish, German), ER-i-kə (English)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, English, Italian
Sharmila-Tamil, Indian, Marathi
Thamarai-Tamil
SawyerSOI-ər, SAW-yərEnglish (Modern)