Idioms and Phrases on Anger with examples
Idioms and Phrases on Anger with examples
Find some interesting Idioms and Phrases on Anger along with meanings and examples.
Anyone interested in improving their communication skills will find this list of idioms and phrases with examples interesting. However, all the freshers and students preparing for their competitive exams like MBA, NMAT, CAT, MAT, XAT, SNAP, MHCET, Banking exams, IBPS, SBI, RRB, SSB, SSC, RBI, UPSC etc. will find this collection of idioms with explanation especially useful.
1. Get one's goat
Meaning: To irritate someone.
Example: Her behaviour gets my goat. So I would not like to share my bench with her.
2. To throw a wobbly
Meaning: To lose control in anger, to become very angry.
Example: My mother threw a wobbly when she found me smoking in the bus.
3. Getting on my nerves
Meaning: The behavior of someone which irritates you.
Example: Rima always talks about stereotype serials which gets on my nerves.
4. To be hopping mad
Meaning: To be extremely angry.
Example: The principal was hopping mad, when I didn't complete my assignment on time.
5. Kick yourself
Meaning: To be angry of oneself when you have done something wrong.
Example: Ria was kicking herself when she split ink on her bank documents.
6. Sound like a broken record
Meaning: Repetitively using the words which can irritate others.
Example: Ami sounds like a broken record when he talks about movies all the time.
7. Run out of patience
Meaning: One who loses his/her patience.
Example: He ran out of patience and started scolding his children for playing video games all the time.
8. Try one's patience
Meaning: To test someone's patience
Example: He is trying my patience today. I shall not entertain his rude behavior anymore.
