see red
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see red
Where it comes from
Possibly from the red flag used in some historic armies to signal the imminence of battle, or from the red cloth used to enrage bulls in Spanish bullfighting, or more generally from the idea of red as a colour of warning and danger. Compare corresponding idioms in several European languages: Danish se rødt, German rotsehen, French voir rouge, etc.
verb sees red · seeing red · saw red · seen red
- To become enraged, angry, or infuriated. "So help me, God," he cried, "when I think it all over I go crazy, I see red."
- To receive a red card, and be dismissed from the playing field. Diop, sometimes criticized for passive play, saw red once this season when he lashed out at a foe who kicked away his legs.
