make one's blood boil



make one's blood boil

Enrage one, as in Whenever Jim criticizes his father, it makes my blood boil. Although this term did not appear in print until 1848, the term the blood boils, meaning "one gets angry," dates from the 1600s.
See also: blood, boil, make

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yamanu-Egyptian Mythology
Mariana['mɛəri'ænə]
DuffDUFScottish
Siddhi-Indian, Marathi
Constanzakon-STAHN-thah (Spanish), kon-STAHN-sah (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
Tammie['tæmi]