spit blood/venom

phrase

: to be extremely angry

Our manager was spitting blood/venom when he found out what had happened.

Examples of spit blood/venom in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The defensive ability to spit venom at adversaries evolved three times within the cobra family tree. — Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024

The Asian giant hornet does not usually attack people and pets unless it is threatened, but its painful sting can spit venom. — Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 June 2021

Asian giant hornets can deliver painful stings to people and spit venom. — CBS News, 18 Mar. 2021

On Saturday, workers clad in protective suits — the hornets can sting repeatedly and spit venom — used foam to seal crevices, wrapped the tree in cellophane and then used a vacuum hose to suck out the hornets. — NBC News, 26 Oct. 2020

This gallery explores their behaviour, from vegetarian spiders to venomless ones that crush their prey to social ones that spit venom. — Discover Magazine, 8 June 2011