Meaning of spit nails | Babel Free

Definitions

To speak or sputter in a very angry manner.

idiomatic

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Examples

“[O]ne thing about Aunt Jenny gets me so mad I could spit nails.”

“The three chiefs of staff are described by sources as ‘spitting nails’ over the latest proposals to cut the defence budget even further.”

“Just the thought of Joseph I. Lieberman makes some Democrats want to spit nails these days. But Mr. Lieberman, the Connecticut independent, is not the least troubled by his status as Capitol Hill’s master infuriator.”

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