spoil for (something)

To be particularly eager or enthusiastic for something, especially a fight, disagreement, or conflict. Tom seems to spoil for a fight the moment he's in the same room as me. I just don't know what it is about me that makes him so antagonistic. We've done everything we can to reach a reasonable compromise with the other party, but they have been spoiling for an argument at every turn.

spoiling for a fight

Especially argumentative or combative; eager to engage in an argument or a fight. My mother is just spoiling for a fight when she makes comments like those—don't let her get to you. After a week with very little sleep and a lot on my mind, I was spoiling for a fight by the time I got home.

spoiling for a fight

argumentative; asking for a fight. They were just spoiling for a fight, and they went outside to settle the matter. She was grouchy, and you could tell she had been spoiling for a fight all day.

spoil for

Be eager for, as in He's just spoiling for a fight. This idiom nearly always refers to some kind of altercation. It may allude to spoil in the sense of "deteriorate over a period of time." [Mid-1800s]

spoil for

To be eager for something, especially a fight: The drunk soccer players at the bar were spoiling for a fight.

spoil

tv. to kill someone. It was Joel Cairo’s job to make sure that nobody got close enough to Mr. Big to spoil him.

spoiling for a fight

in. argumentative; asking for a fight. They were just spoiling for a fight, and they went outside to settle the matter.

词组	spoil for (something)
释义	spoil for (something) spoil for (something) To be particularly eager or enthusiastic for something, especially a fight, disagreement, or conflict. Tom seems to spoil for a fight the moment he's in the same room as me. I just don't know what it is about me that makes him so antagonistic. We've done everything we can to reach a reasonable compromise with the other party, but they have been spoiling for an argument at every turn. See also: spoil spoiling for a fight Especially argumentative or combative; eager to engage in an argument or a fight. My mother is just spoiling for a fight when she makes comments like those—don't let her get to you. After a week with very little sleep and a lot on my mind, I was spoiling for a fight by the time I got home. See also: fight, spoil Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. spoiling for a fight argumentative; asking for a fight. They were just spoiling for a fight, and they went outside to settle the matter. She was grouchy, and you could tell she had been spoiling for a fight all day. See also: fight, spoil McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. spoil for Be eager for, as in He's just spoiling for a fight. This idiom nearly always refers to some kind of altercation. It may allude to spoil in the sense of "deteriorate over a period of time." [Mid-1800s] See also: spoil The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. spoil for v. To be eager for something, especially a fight: The drunk soccer players at the bar were spoiling for a fight. See also: spoil The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. spoil tv. to kill someone. It was Joel Cairo’s job to make sure that nobody got close enough to Mr. Big to spoil him. spoiling for a fight in. argumentative; asking for a fight. They were just spoiling for a fight, and they went outside to settle the matter. See also: fight, spoil McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: spoil for spoiling for a fight could fight a circle-saw could fight a circle-saw (and it a runnin') fight fight (one's way) through fight through fight for fight for (someone or something) it takes two to make a quarrel
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