lộn tiết
Definition
- Idiom (Figurative Expression):
- To be extremely angry, to be furious, to have one's blood boil: This idiom describes a state of intense anger or rage, where one feels as if their internal organs or blood are churning. It conveys a stronger emotion than simply being upset.
Usage Examples
- Idiom:
- Nghe tin đó, anh ta tức lộn tiết. (Hearing that news, he became absolutely furious.)
- Đừng làm tôi lộn tiết lên đấy! (Don't make me see red!)
- Cô ấy lộn tiết khi thấy kết quả. (She was boiling with anger when she saw the result.)
Advanced Usage
- The idiom is almost exclusively used to describe a human emotional state. It is highly informal and carries a vivid, somewhat graphic connotation of anger rising from within the body.
Variants and Related Words
- Tức giận (adj/verb): to be angry, to be mad. (A standard, less intense term for anger.)
- Phát điên (verb): to go crazy, to be enraged. (Suggests losing control due to anger.)
- Tức sôi máu (idiom): to have one's blood boil. (A very similar idiom with identical meaning.)
Synonyms
- Furious: extremely angry.
- Enraged: filled with rage.
- To have one's blood boil: to be seething with anger.
- To see red: to become very angry suddenly.
Related Idioms
- Tức nổ đom đóm: to be so angry one sees stars.
- Tôi tức nổ đom đóm với hành vi của hắn. (I was so angry at his behavior I saw stars.)
- Tức anh ách: to be choked with anger, to be fuming.
- Anh ấy đứng im, tức anh ách. (He stood still, fuming silently.)