dig up tomahawk



dig up one's tomahawk

Rur. to get angry. (A jocular reversal of bury the tomahawk. Fixed order.) When Joe saw the mess we made, he dug up his tomahawk and went looking for us.
See also: dig, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Adler['ædlər]
LyndiLIN-deeEnglish (Rare)
Zaharinka-Bulgarian, Macedonian
LyndseyLINDZ-eeEnglish (Modern)
Alisaah-LEE-sah (Russian), AH-lee-sah (Finnish)Russian, Finnish
DorineDAWR-eenEnglish