mad enough to chew nails
mad enough to chew nails
Seethingly angry; furious to the point of becoming irrational. I tell you, I was mad enough to chew nails when they told me they'd given the grant to that hack, Dr. Warner. The boss was mad enough to chew nails after he heard we'd lost the Jefferson account.
See also: chew, enough, mad, nail
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
mad enough to chew nails (and spit rivets)
and angry enough to chew nails; mad enough to spit nailsInf. Fig. very angry, as if to be able to bite through metal nails. I am mad enough to chew nails! Who took my checkbook? Her sudden tirade made him angry enough to chew nails. He stomped in, mad enough to chew nails and spit rivets.
See also: chew, enough, mad, nail
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- mad enough to eat nails
- mad enough to spit nails
- mad enough to chew nails and spit rivets
- mad enough to kick a cat
- mad enough to spit
- mad enough to spit tacks
- angry enough to chew nails
- chew
- chewed
- bite off more than one can chew, to