steaming (mad)

steaming (mad)

Very irate and upset. I was positively steaming by the time the end of the meeting. How dare the boss speak to me that way? Mom didn't say anything, but I could tell she was steaming mad.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

steaming (mad)

Fig. very angry; very mad; very upset. The steaming coach yelled at the clumsy players. The principal was steaming mad when he found that his office had been vandalized.
See also: steam
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • I dare say
  • not dream of something/of doing something
  • wouldn't dream of
  • wouldn't dream of (doing something)
  • wouldn't dream of doing
  • stewed up
  • dare
  • do a dare
  • how dare you, etc.
  • steaming