reach boiling point

reach (a) boiling point

1. To reach a limit in patience, temper, or equanimity, after which one loses control of one's emotions. Likened to the temperature at which a given liquid boils. I reached a boiling point with the kids last night. All their fighting and shouting drove me crazy!

2. To reach the point at which a situation becomes critical, calamitous, or uncontrollable. Tensions in the region have reached boiling point—full-scale war seems inevitable now.

reach boiling point

COMMON

1. If an emotion, especially anger, reaches boiling point, it becomes so strong that it cannot be controlled. Her frustration and anger had reached boiling point. Note: You can also say that an emotion is close to boiling point. Tempers were already close to boiling point as the dispute continued for the ninth day.

2. If a situation reaches boiling point, it becomes very dangerous or extreme and cannot be controlled. The situation reached boiling point after an argument between two teenagers, one white, one Asian, outside a fish and chip shop.

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释义	reach boiling point reach (a) boiling point 1. To reach a limit in patience, temper, or equanimity, after which one loses control of one's emotions. Likened to the temperature at which a given liquid boils. I reached a boiling point with the kids last night. All their fighting and shouting drove me crazy! 2. To reach the point at which a situation becomes critical, calamitous, or uncontrollable. Tensions in the region have reached boiling point—full-scale war seems inevitable now. See also: boiling, point, reach Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. reach boiling point COMMON 1. If an emotion, especially anger, reaches boiling point, it becomes so strong that it cannot be controlled. Her frustration and anger had reached boiling point. Note: You can also say that an emotion is close to boiling point. Tempers were already close to boiling point as the dispute continued for the ninth day. 2. If a situation reaches boiling point, it becomes very dangerous or extreme and cannot be controlled. The situation reached boiling point after an argument between two teenagers, one white, one Asian, outside a fish and chip shop. See also: boiling, point, reach Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. See also: reach (a) boiling point boiling point have a low boiling point bloom of youth broom closet closet a change of tack (one's) (hand)writing is like chicken scratch spit (out) the dummy spit the dummy References in periodicals archive Dirk de Meyer was shown a red card while United's duo of Gerhard Thirion and Dean Blom were sin binned as the temperatures threatened to reach boiling point. Unam, United storm into the finals Tensions reach boiling point as chief judge Michelle Ogundehin announces two competitors will be ditched by the end of the programme. WEDNESDAY AUGUST 28; TV GUIDE Piling in Tensions reach boiling point, and inset, Brendan Brooks just misses the target Pictures Al Goold Braehead edged out by Storm in close encounter; Ice hockey Winning streak hits buffers Braehead.......2 Manchester...3 (AOT) Conte supplied the final insult in the spat, calling Mourinho a "little man" and suggesting their feud would reach boiling point this weekend. MOUR & PEACE; MAN UTD v CHELSEA PREM,TOMORROW, 2.05PM Conte and Jose in uneasy truce ahead of Old Trafford shakedown MOUR AND PEACE...WELL, SORT OF "With the bad blood over years it did reach boiling point. It's unfortunate that we're here today." Father gets punched on school run by neighbour; footage filmed on mobile phone by terrified wife Sydney, Oct 27(ANI): Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has predicted that tensions between the his team and the visiting England team will reach boiling point during next month's Ashes series. 'Sledging' will push Ashes series to 'boiling point': Johnson A new study claims relationships are rockiest in the first month of the year and tempers reach boiling point on the last Monday of January. DAY TO ARGUE Now, I am not a farmer or sheep farmer, and certainly not a politician, but when I see what is happening in the agricultural world, I reach boiling point. Farms are vanishing almost weekly, a sad state. Letter: VOICE OF THE NORTH - Changes will leave hard working sheep farmers struggling to survive It could include thermostat mixing valves to cut off heaters before they reach boiling point. Battle on scalding But perhaps it also highlights another national characteristic - a tendency to repress our emotions until they reach boiling point. BIRMINGHAM POST: Boiling over An overheated transport network set to reach boiling point and expanding port facilities in a south-east bottleneck. Our say Evening Gazette Tuesday And with forecasters predicting an uncomfortably hot summer for motorists, tempers are set to reach boiling point, according to a poll by windscreen firm Autoglass. Jams enough to make us snap POBOL Y CWM (S4C) Things haven't looked too promising between Sara and Hywel recently and things reach boiling point this week. SOAPBOX (Week beginning Monday, May 23 Heavy traffic, countless traffic lights and you can easily reach boiling point trying to find a parking space. Cycle to a greener city And Eagles boss Iain Dowie does not want the bad blood between the pair to reach boiling point again at St Andrews on Saturday, when he expects the Blues midfielder to seek revenge. Hughes warned to avoid vendetta with Savage
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