make\ one's\ blood\ boil

make\ one's\ blood\ boil
• make one's blood boil
• make the blood boil
v. phr. informal
To make someone very angry.

When someone calls me a liar it makes my blood boil.

It made Mary's blood boil to see the children make fun of the crippled girl.

Compare: boiling point

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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