blood is up



somebody's blood is up

if someone's blood is up, they are very angry or excited about something and may act in a violent way Now Tom's blood was up - he ran at Bob waving his fists.
See also: blood, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dorin-Romanian
SigridSEEG-reed (Finnish)Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Estonian, Finnish (Archaic)
CareyKER-eeIrish, English
CarryKER-ee, KAR-eeEnglish
Sebastjan-Slovene
Bonaventurabo-nah-ven-TOO-rahItalian