idiom · neutral
make someone's blood boil
/meɪk ˈsʌmwʌnz blʌd bɔɪl/make·SOME·one's·BLOOD·boil
to cause someone to become very angry
Examples
“Her constant lateness makes my blood boil.”
“The way the company dismissed loyal staff makes people's blood boil.”
“It makes my blood boil when politicians lie to the public.”
Band 8 sentence
“The manager's refusal to explain the decision made staff's blood boil and led to a formal complaint.”
Collocations
- make someone's blood boil + when/that
- really/just makes my blood boil
Word family
Common mistakes
It make my blood boil when she lies.→It makes my blood boil when she lies.
She make people's blood boiling.→She makes people's blood boil.
This thing makes my blood to boil.→This thing makes my blood boil.
Say it for a higher band
5be annoyed→6become very annoyed→7+make someone's blood boil
Synonyms
infuriate
make someone see red
Easily confused
inflame
“His speech inflamed the protesters' anger.”
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