mad enough to spit nails
mad enough to spit nails
Seethingly angry; furious to the point of becoming irrational. I tell you, I was mad enough to spit nails when they told me they'd given the grant to that hack, Dr. Warner. The boss was mad enough to spit nails after he heard we'd lost the Jefferson account.
See also: enough, mad, nail, spit
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- mad enough to eat nails
- mad enough to spit
- mad enough to chew nails
- mad enough to spit tacks
- mad enough to chew nails and spit rivets
- mad enough to kick a cat
- angry enough to chew nails
- I could (just) spit
- spit
- tough as nails