make someone's blood boil

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make someone's blood boil

verb makes someone's blood boil · making someone's blood boil · made someone's blood boil

  1. idiomatic To cause a person to feel angry or very annoyed, especially in situation in which one cannot fully display that feeling to others. Dove says it makes her blood boil to see the way the poor young gentleman is treated.

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verb cause a person to feel angry

中文使某人火冒三丈 shǐ mǒurén huǒmàosānzhàng
हिन्दीख़ून खौलना xūn khaulnā
Françaisinsupporter, exaspérer, beurrer la raie, casser les couilles, prendre le chou, pomper le dard
Deutschjemandes Blut in Wallung geraten lassen
Русскийдовести́ до бе́лого кале́ния dovestí do bélovo kalénija, доста́ть dostátʹ
Tiếng Việtsôi máu, sôi bầu máu nóng

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@misc{make_someone_s_blood_boil_2026,
  title = {make someone's blood boil},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/make%20someone's%20blood%20boil},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}