boiling mad

boiling mad

Furious; extremely angry. The phrase refers to one's "blood boiling," meaning the same thing. John's views were so ignorant and narrow-minded that I was boiling mad after talking to him.
See also: boiling, mad
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

boiling (mad)

mod. very mad. Mad, I’m not mad. I’m just boiling.
See also: boiling, mad
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • see no further than the end of one’s nose
  • pigheaded
  • pighead
  • pea-brained
  • the blind leading the blind
  • blind leading the blind
  • blind leading the blind, the
  • butt-head
  • butt-face
References in classic literature
I just got boiling mad, and I sailed right into her, and told her she didn't know a nice baby when she saw one, and ours was the nicest baby in the world.
Annes House of Dreams
Pub landlord Andrew Quinn, 42, was boiling mad about the quality of the fried meal his mother-in-law brought home and launched into a savage attack which included an "inadvertent" kick to the head.
Pub landlord Andrew Quinn guilty of assaulting mother-in-law over fish and chips row
Barry Philip is boiling mad after a firm sold him central heating with a copper-bottomed guarantee...
break I'd Boiler flops left me out in the cold; I'LL GET IT SORTEDWarranty problems after firm folds
Because this heatwave appears to have melted off my HRT patch and left me boiling mad.
HIPSTER BLOKES GETTING UP MY NOSE; JUST SAYING!
BuzzFeed News quoted an Israeli intelligence officer who said that many in the Israeli intelligence community were "boiling mad and demanding answers" as to whether Israel would continue its sharing classified information with the US.
Trump's Fact-Sharing with Russia about ISIS Risks Life of Israeli Spy
And the second officer insisted colleagues were "boiling mad and demanding answers".
Trump: I'll give Russia secrets if I feel like it.. Tweet undercuts press team denial
ACAFE owner is boiling mad after seeing trade take an immediate hit because of a road closure for gas board work.
Cafe owner's ire over roadworks
The verdict has BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur boiling mad. "Cricket is so popular in our country that people want to create controversy over it," he said.
IPL matches ordered out of Maharashtra
Boiling mad: Melanie Thompson with bottles of drinking water
Water is like muck... then yellow for days; FAMILY REFUSE TO PAY TAXAFTER VILE LIQUID RUNS FROM TAPS
Tea entrepreneur Stephen Pereira is boiling mad because his foreign rivals have an unfair advantage when it comes to selling cuppas.
Tea leaves are nicking our cuppa!
CELEBRITY chef Nick Nairn has been left boiling mad - by a kids' telly show.
BBC FINGERED; Celebrity chef Nick pans food on kids' TV show
"Gordon is boiling mad. You can accuse him of many things but not of being a racist.
Gordon Ramsay in race row for calling top US chef 'f****** black b******'
And no wonder the unions, and close allies such as Media Matters, are boiling mad at ALEC.
The Soros left guns for ALEC
Boiling mad I caught sight of these men and yelled at them in order to disrupt their actions and to vent my disgust at what they were doing.
Animal abuse; You Say Email:letters@liverpoolecho.co.uk
BOILING MAD: INSIDE TEA PARTY AMERICA offers the first definitive account of a misunderstood movement from a New York Times reporter who has covered the Tea Party more than any other journalist.
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