break out in a rash

break out in a rash

To experience visible skin irritation. After my husband broke out in a rash, we realized that the bushes he'd been trimming in the back yard were actually poison ivy. I had to go to the emergency room because the medication I'd been prescribed caused me to break out in a rash and have trouble breathing.
See also: break, out, rash
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

break out in a rash

[for the skin] to erupt with a rash. (See also break out in a cold sweat; break out (with a rash).) I knew Dan had the chicken pox, because he broke out in a rash and had a dry cough. The baby breaks out in a rash all the time.
See also: break, out, rash
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • have a burr under (one's) saddle
  • have a burr under saddle
  • get under (one's) skin
  • get under skin
  • get under somebody's skin
  • get under someone's skin
  • get under your skin
  • make a nuisance of (oneself)
  • make a nuisance of oneself
  • make a nuisance of yourself