spit nails

(American & Australian informal) also spit chips/tacks (Australian informal)

to speak or behave in a way that shows you are very angry He was spitting nails when he saw what had happened to his car.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Quetzalcoatl	kwet-səl-KWAH-təl (English)	Aztec and Toltec Mythology
Abidan	ə-BIE-dən (English), AB-i-dan (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Brendanus	-	Irish (Latinized)
AdÁN	ah-DHAHN	Spanish
JosÉE	zho-ZE	French
Iacobus	-	Biblical Latin