red mist

red mist

A state of extreme anger, excitement, or competitive arousal, such as might cloud one's judgment or senses. Primarily heard in UK. Their striker isn't the most consistent player on the pitch, but once he sees the red mist, you had better get out of his way. I'm not sure what happened. I was at the pub having a pint, and then someone insulted me, and I guess the red mist must have descended, because, the next thing I knew, I was being dragged away with bloodied knuckles.
See also: mist, red
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • see (the) red mist
  • the red mist descends
  • see red
  • see red, to
  • ripple of excitement
  • have goose bumps
  • pimple
  • get goose flesh
  • goose bumps
  • goosebumps
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Mission accomplished for Materazzi, but Red Mist fails to bowl you over.
Having a combined 40 or so years' experience in hospitality, working in pub management, liquor procurement and kitchens, the brewery opened at the coach house next to The Duke of Cambridge pub in 2017 and supplies all of Red Mist's pubs with its charity ale (20p of every pint sold goes to the pub's charity).
He was in what can only be described as a red mist, and this was a frenzied attack Judge Stephen Earl impact of the attack, no memory of.
red mist' Defending, John Marsh said Dibden had hit the man by accident, and claimed he didn't aim the car at him.
Until then he had been reasonably calm, but at that stage the red mist took over and he simply lost his temper."
Engulfed by a "red mist", Ishtiaq Ahmed drove his Toyota Corolla the wrong way down a one-way street, mounted the kerb and sent victim Steven Dubrava flying on the bonnet.
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WHEN people talk about the red mist descending on you in the heat of battle, I know exactly what they mean.
"There are some people who, though they might be nice, when they go onto the rugby field they see the red mist and lose control.
However, Mark Powell found the target for the hosts to draw them level but moments later the red mist descended for Lewis and the striker was dismissed, with the Lilywhites forced to defend a point.
Mintz-Plasse, 23, played Chris D'Amico, the son of a mob boss, and D'Amico's superhero alter-ego, Red Mist, in 2010's "Kick-Ass," based on a comic-book series of the same name.
What did they have in mind that security stopped them doing?" Her latest novel, Red Mist - the 19th in the Kay Scarpetta series - sees her famous forensic pathologist heroine investigating the murder of her former deputy, and finds connections to a string of grisly killings.
United's Scouse striker Wayne Rooney will once again be the centre of attention for a fixture which rarely disappoints and often explodes with both teams capable of letting the red mist descend on the most bitter of rivalries.
The traffic was infinitely heavier, but nevertheless orderly, yet after only half an hour here and the red mist was back!