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blood boils

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someone's blood boils
make someone's blood boil - to make someone very angry. His blood boiled when he thought about how unfairly he'd been treated.
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But my blood boils to avenge this poor murdered creature.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
Morrel in demanding justice for crime; my blood boils at the idea of having encouraged a murderer by my cowardly concession.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
"Ajax," replied Achilles, "noble son of Telamon, you have spoken much to my liking, but my blood boils when I think it all over, and remember how the son of Atreus treated me with contumely as though I were some vile tramp, and that too in the presence of the Argives.
The Iliad by Homer View in context
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