spit feathers

slang To be thirsty. Come on, man, I'm spitting feathers here—can't we stop for a drink?

spit feathers

be very thirsty. informal

spit ˈblood/ˈvenom/ˈfeathers

show that you are very angry; speak in an angry way: That man made me so angry that by the end of the meeting I was spitting blood!

See also: blood, feather, spit

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It is the reason l spit feathers when l see ignorant comments such as the letter from R Terry James (Letters, May 6).

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Word-loving, altruistic Ferguson, protagonist of Spit Feathers, is Norris's polar opposite.

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The high and mighty attitude of how wonderful Obama is now and how useless Bush was during his Presidency makes me want to spit feathers.

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Your story about life in Wakefield jail,whose inmates included Soham murderer Ian Huntley until recently, made me spit feathers.

Letter: 'you say' - pounds 200k for ministers' plants? Leaf it out.

"If I could spit feathers then I would have certainly been doing so at half-time, because the players did not get going.

Jones is left feeling the frustration; WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY

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