Meaning of red mist | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Uncontrollable rage, anger sufficient to prevent clear thinking.
   also, attributive, figuratively
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, mist.

Examples

“What was that tackle about? The red mist still descends on Beckham occasionally.”

“Slowly the red mist faded from before Tarzan’s eyes. Things began to take⟳ form⟳—he was regaining the perspective of civilized man.”

“On the face⟳ of it, this appears to have⟳ fit into a pattern that seems familiar with Vettel's errors in recent times. In stressed moments, a sort⟳ of red mist seems to descend that reduces his capacity for rational thinking.”

“In that little office, seated before that wretched Do No Bend⟳ envelope, the red mist came down, and it wasn't a mist, it was a torrent.”

“Bellingham felt the red mist come⟳ down. He had been booked at the end⟳ of the first half after stamping into Dmitrijs Zelenkovs. Which only made his full-blooded slide⟳ challenge⟳ into Jurkovskis risky to say⟳ the least.”

“That red-mist moment prompted [James] Blake to dig⟳ properly into the workings of the music industry.”

“the red mists of the morning”

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