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make the blood boil

See: MAKE ONE'S BLOOD BOIL.

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make one's blood boil

[make one's blood boil] or [make the blood boil] {v. phr.}, {informal} To make someone very angry. * /When someone calls me a liar it makes my blood boil./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

blood

[blood] See: [DRAW BLOOD], [FLESH AND BLOOD], [IN COLD BLOOD], [IN ONE'S BLOOD] or [INTO ONE'S BLOOD], [MAKE ONE'S BLOOD BOIL] or [MAKE THE BLOOD BOIL], [NEW BLOOD], [OUT OF […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

boil

[boil] See: [MAKE ONE'S BLOOD BOIL] or [MAKE THE BLOOD BOIL]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

boil down

[boil down] {v.} 1. To boil away some of the water from; make less by boiling. * /She boiled down the maple sap to a thick syrup./ * /The fruit […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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