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make (one's) blood boil make (one's) blood boilTo cause one to feel extremely angry. The fact that he embezzled money from the company for years just makes my blood boil.See also: blood, boil, makemake someone's blood boilFig. to make someone very angry. It just makes my blood boil to think of the amount of food that gets wasted around here. Whenever I think of that dishonest mess, it makes my blood boil.See also: blood, boil, makemake one's blood boilEnrage one, as in Whenever Jim criticizes his father, it makes my blood boil. Although this term did not appear in print until 1848, the term the blood boils, meaning "one gets angry," dates from the 1600s. See also: blood, boil, makemake your blood boil COMMON If something makes your blood boil, it makes you very angry. This statement is untrue and makes my blood boil. It makes my blood boil. He doesn't like the players yet he's always trying to interfere. Note: You can also simply say that your blood boils, meaning you are very angry. My blood boiled, but I tried to answer as simply and directly as possible. Note: In medieval times, some people believed that certain emotions changed the temperature of the blood. See also: blood, boil, makemake your blood boil infuriate you.See also: blood, boil, makemake somebody’s ˈblood boil make somebody very angry: Seeing him beating that little dog made my blood boil.See also: blood, boil, make |