sôi ruột
Definition
- Idiom (Figurative Expression):
- To be boiling with anger; to be seething with rage: This idiom describes a state of intense, internalized anger or extreme impatience. It conveys the feeling of anger or frustration so strong it feels as if one's insides are churning or boiling.
Usage Examples
- Idiom:
- Nghe tin đó, anh ta sôi ruột. (Hearing that news, he was boiling with anger.)
- Chờ đợi quá lâu khiến cô ấy sôi ruột. (Waiting for so long made her seethe with impatience.)
- Tôi sôi ruột vì sự thờ ơ của họ. (I am seething with rage because of their indifference.)
Advanced Usage
- This idiom is almost exclusively used to describe a human emotional state. It emphasizes an anger that is contained but very intense, often not immediately visible on the outside but violently felt on the inside.
Variants and Related Words
Nóng ruột (idiom): to feel anxious or impatient.
- Cô ấy nóng ruột chờ kết quả. (She is anxiously waiting for the results.)
Tức giận (adj): angry, furious.
- Anh ấy rất tức giận về hành vi đó. (He is very angry about that behavior.)
Synonyms
- To be furious: to be extremely angry.
- To be seething: to be filled with intense but often unexpressed anger.
- To be boiling mad: to be very angry (a close English equivalent in imagery).
Related Idioms
Máu sôi lên: (one's) blood boils; to become very angry.
- Hành động của hắn khiến tôi máu sôi lên. (His action made my blood boil.)
Giận sôi gan: (to be so angry one's) liver boils; to be enraged.
- Sự phản bội khiến ông ấy giận sôi gan. (The betrayal made him enraged.)