all horns and rattles

all horns and rattles

Furious. Belligerent. An American cowboy expression referring to the horns of cattle and the rattles of snakes. Joe's been all horns and rattles since the lawsuit. Would you stop yelling and being all horns and rattles? I'm just trying to have a calm conversation with you! There's no need to be all horns and rattles—I'm sure there's a logical explanation for everything that happened.

See also: all, and, horn, rattle

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