Anger and annoyance animals Flashcards

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A blazing row

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An argument in which people are very angry and emotional.
They had a blazing row.

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To blow your top

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to lose your temper and become very angry.
When she told him, he blew his top and began shouting.

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To be cross

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To be a little angry.
You’d better do what your teacher says or she will get very cross.

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To be crotchety

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Bad-tempered and easily made angry.
I’m always a bit crotchety when I wake up in the mornings.

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To drive sb up the wall

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That constant drilling noise outside my house is driving me up the wall.

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furious

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very angry

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galling

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annoying because it is unfair.
The most galling thing about his winning all that money is that he was already a millionaire.

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To get on sb’s nerves

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to annoy
She gets on my nerves with her chatting.

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A heated argument

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a bad argument
Raised voices told me that a heated argument was going on next door.

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to hit the roof

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to lose your temper
he hit the roof when he saw my report card.

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to be indignant

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very angry
She was indignant at the suggestion that she was lying.

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Infuriate

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make angry
Rude people infuriate me.

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irate

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very angry
irate listeners.

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to be livid

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very angry
when she finds out you told him she will be livid.

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To be in no mood to

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not want
I’m in no mood to argue.

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an outburst

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a sudden explosion of anger
What was the reason for her outburst?

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a quick temper

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to lose your temper quickly
He’s got a quick temper so be careful what you say to him.

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To be sick and tired of

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to be annoyed and fed up
I’m sick and tired of your excuses.

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to throw a tantrum

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crying and shouting
Whenever Tom didn’t get his own way, he would throw a tantrum.

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to be up in arms about

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angry and ready to protest
Local people are up and arms about the government’s proposal to build a road inside the park.

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the black sheep of the family

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to be a failure

22
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to be as blind as a bat

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You can ….till the cows come home but

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It is no worth
You can ask till the cows come home but I won’t tell you.

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a dark horse

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people know very little about it.
Sean is a dark horse, a bit of a mystery.

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To be dogged by sth.
sth cause bad I've been dogged by ill heath since I left university.
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for donkey's years
very long time.
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fishy
suspicious
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to hound sb
to folow The paparazzi hounded her wherever she went.
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To rabbit on
to talk very long time in a boring way He rabbited on for ages.
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ratty
bad tempered Sorry I was so ratty this morning.
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to have a whale of a time
enjoy The kids had a whale of a time.
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a wild goose chase
difficult to find Looking for him would be a wild goose chase.
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To worm your way out of
to avoid doing sth. He wormed his way out of work again.