spit nails

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spit nails (American & Australian informal) also spit chips/tacks (Australian informal)

to speak or behave in a way that shows you are very angry He was spitting nails when he saw what had happened to his car.

See also: nail, spit

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However, when he pulls off the towel to reveal his new colour - a shocking orange - Kylie's about ready to spit nails. Tonight's TV by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) Once you've had a laugh at this Toy Town-like spat, don't you want to spit nails at the likes of his opponents who have taken a light-hearted and traditional phrase as an affront? Falling foul of the PC brigade by Birmingham Mail (England) The things I have heard from Coaches about kids on their team would make you spit nails. Team Sports for Your Special Needs Child? by Nicole Dean / Family and marriage community			spill over on spill the beans spin spin a line spin a yarn spin around spin doctor spin in grave spin off spin out spin out of spin wheels spine spiral spiral down spiral up spirit spirit away spirit off spit spit and image of spit and polish spit at spit blood spit in spit nails spit on spit out spit up spit-and-sawdust spite splash splash about splash down splash on splash over splash up splash with splatter up splay out splice splice to splice together splinter off split split a gut split between split hairs split in split into split off			spit blood spit blood spit blood Spit bug Spit bug Spit bugs Spit bugs spit chips spit chips spit chips spit chips spit curl spit curls Spit Hitting The Spam spit in spit in the eye spit in the eye spit in the eye spit in the face spit in the face spit in the face spit in the wind spit in the wind spit in the wind Spit insect Spit insect spit into the wind spit into the wind spit into the wind Spit It Out spit nails spit on spit out spit out Spit roast spit tacks spit tobacco spit up spit up spit up spit up spit valve spit-and-polish spit-and-polish spit-and-sawdust spit-up spit-up spit-up Spit-venom Spitak spital Spital (disambiguation) Spitalfields Market Under Threat Spitalhouse Spitali Ushtarak Spitamenes spitball spitballed spitballer spitballers spitballing

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