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Meaning: (idiomatic)To cause a person to feelangryor veryannoyed, especially in situation in which one cannot fully display that feeling to others.1880,Charlotte M. Yonge, chapter 21, inLove and Life:Dove says itmakes her blood boilto see the way the poor young gentleman is treated.1915,Virginia Woolf, chapter 23, inThe Voyage Out:The hypocritical smugness of the Englishmakes my blood boil.1922,William MacLeod Raine, chapter 4, inMan Size:Most men gave him a wide berth, and for the sake of peace accepted sneers and insults thatmade the blood boil.1989June 25, Jacquie Herz, “Beware: Teen-Age Driver, Nervous Mother”, inNew York Times, retrieved15 July 2011:Yet, I also know how intimidating it is to have a tailgater behind; itmakes my blood boil.2008Aug. 21,Joe Klein, "Where's Obama's Passion?,Time:A day earlier, he had said wage disparities between gendersmade his "blood boil".
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