all horns and rattles
all horns and rattles
Furious. Belligerent. An American cowboy expression referring to the horns of cattle and the rattles of snakes. Joe's been all horns and rattles since the lawsuit. Would you stop yelling and being all horns and rattles? I'm just trying to have a calm conversation with you!
See also: all, and, horn, rattle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- rattle
- wear the horns
- show (one's) horns
- draw in (one's) horns
- draw in horns and pull in horns
- draw in your horns
- draw/pull in your horns
- grab
- grab the bull by its horns
- grab the bull by the horns