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